place
Eleusis
The Attic sanctuary of Ceres and her Mysteries, hushed and torch-lit.
Reading notes
- Hercules (Mad) §298 hushed Eleusis
Eleusis in Attica, seat of Ceres's torch-lit Mysteries; Megara vows its rites if Hercules returns.
- Hercules (Mad) §854 the secret rites of Ceres
The night-festival of the Eleusinian Mysteries of Ceres, kept by the Attic initiates.
- Hercules on Oeta §599 Attic Eleusis
Eleusis in Attica, seat of the Mysteries of the grain-goddess Ceres (Demeter).
- Phaedra §833 Eleusis
The Attic town of the Mysteries of Ceres, where Triptolemus received the gift of grain.
- The Trojan Women §866 Eleusis
The Attic town of the Mysteries, 'glad in its silent rites.'