| Eleusinian mysteries pl.n. The ancient religious rites celebrated at Eleusis in honor of Demeter. [From Latin Eleus  nius, of Eleusis, from Greek Eleusnios, from Eleuss, Eleusn-, Eleusis.] |
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In memory of her sorrows Demeter establishes the Eleusinian mysteries (which, however, were purely agrarian in origin). 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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