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Eleusinian

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E·leu·sis  (-lss)
An ancient city of eastern Greece near Athens, site of the Eleusinian mysteries.

Eleu·sini·an (ly-sn-n) adj. & n.


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In memory of her sorrows Demeter establishes the Eleusinian mysteries (which, however, were purely agrarian in origin).
The New Woman of the future will be the woman with the petticoats, she who shall restore the ancient Eleusinian mysteries of the silk skirt and the tea-gown.
The Eleusinian mysteries, the Egyptian architecture, the Indian astronomy, the Greek sculpture, show that there always were seeing and knowing men in the planet.
 
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