The Eleusinian Mysteries

What phenomenon of the ancient world can surpass in mystery and enchantment the Eleusinian worship? The Eleusinian Mysteries and their well-guarded secrets will still captivate your imagination. Follow the path of the grand procession of the Mysteries and, as a candidate initiate, explore the significant monuments along the Sacred Way and the sanctuary of Eleusis. The journey through the history, myths, and legends of the secretive rituals will reveal one of the most unique examples of ancient Greek spiritual, religious, social, and artistic creation.

  • 1. The City Eleusinion
  • 2. Phaleron bay
  • 3. Dipylon
  • 4. Sacred Way
  • 5. Elaionas
  • 6. Sanctuary of Demeter
  • 7. The Athenian Cephissus
  • 8. Mount Egaleo
  • 9. The sanctuary of Apollo
  • 10. The Sanctuary of Aphrodite
  • 11. The Rheitoi lakes (Lake Koumoundourou)
  • 12. The Eleusinian Cephissus
  • 13. Eleusis
  • 14. The Roman courtyard
  • 15. Roman fountain
  • 16. Eschara
  • 17. Temple of Artemis Propylaea and Poseidon Patroos
  • 18. Eastern triumphal arch
  • 19. Western triumphal arch
  • 20. Greater Propylaea
  • 21. The Kallichoron well
  • 22. Roman granaries
  • 23. The Ploutonion
  • 24. The mirthless rock (agelastos petra)
  • 25. Processional Road
  • 26. Lesser Propylaea
  • 27. Temple F
  • 28. The Telesterion
  • 29. Stoa of Philon
  • 30. Temple of the Roman Empress
  • 31. The granary of Peisistratos
  • 32. Roman structure with a peristyle court (Gymnasium or Forum)

  • Burial monument

  • Mythology related point of interest

  • Point of archaeological interest

  • Point of general interest

  • Point of religious interest

  • Temple