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<< Our Photo Pages >> Temple of Eleusis - Ancient Temple in Greece

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Temple of Eleusis Alternative Name: Elefsina Temple
Country: Greece
NOTE: This site is 10.678 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Athens  Nearest Village: Elefsina
Latitude: 38.044110N  Longitude: 23.520350E
Condition:
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4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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2 Ambience:
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5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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Temple of Eleusis
Temple of Eleusis submitted by Antonios : The sanctuary of the goddess Demeter. Eleusis. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Temple in Crete

Large sanctuary used for the Eleusinian mysteries of the cult of the Great Mother, Demeter.
The temple received additions from The Mycenean era to the Roman era. There is also a museum.
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Temple of Eleusis
Temple of Eleusis submitted by Antonios : Eleusinian Museum. Larger than life size statue of Eleusinian Karyatis, once supported the roof of the Lesser Propylaea. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Temple of Eleusis
Temple of Eleusis submitted by Antonios : Calichoron well in which Demeter sat down when she arrived in Eleusis. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Temple of Eleusis submitted by Antonios : At the top of Eleusinian holy site a Christian church was erected. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Temple of Eleusis submitted by Antonios : The altar. Eleusis (Vote or comment on this photo)

Temple of Eleusis
Temple of Eleusis submitted by Antonios : Ploutoneion. From this cave Hades abducted Persephone. (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

Temple of Eleusis
Temple of Eleusis submitted by durhamnature : Plan of the"Telesterion" from "Handbook of Greek Archaeology" via archive.org Site in Greece

Temple of Eleusis
Temple of Eleusis submitted by Antonios : Eleusinian Museum. Marble lekythos, tomb offering.

Temple of Eleusis
Temple of Eleusis submitted by Antonios : Eleusinian Museum. Vandalized statue.

Temple of Eleusis
Temple of Eleusis submitted by Antonios : Eleusinian Museum. Ceramic vessel, Odyseus blinding the Cyclops Polyphemus, a favorite subject of the ancients.

Temple of Eleusis
Temple of Eleusis submitted by Antonios : Eleusinian Museum. Roman marble sarcophagus with a scene of hunting the Calydonian Boar.

Temple of Eleusis
Temple of Eleusis submitted by Antonios : Eleusinian Museum. Close up view of the Eleusinian Karyatis.

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Temple of Eleusis submitted by Antonios : Eleusinian Museum. Headless statue of the goddess Demeter (Earth-mother)

Temple of Eleusis
Temple of Eleusis submitted by Antonios : Museum of Eleusis. Eleusinian relief (height 2,20 Meters)depicting Triptolemus receiving the wheat spikes from Demeter in order to teach humans cereal cultivation. Behind the young man stands Persephone.

Temple of Eleusis
Temple of Eleusis submitted by Antonios : Broken pieces of art, the result of fanaticism. Eleusis.

Temple of Eleusis
Temple of Eleusis submitted by Antonios : Eleusis, broken columns during the spring, rebirth of nature

Temple of Eleusis
Temple of Eleusis submitted by Antonios : The ruins of Eleusis.

Temple of Eleusis
Temple of Eleusis submitted by Antonios : Telesterion in which the sacred rituals took part. Eleusis.

Temple of Eleusis
Temple of Eleusis submitted by Antonios : Site in Atic, Greece: br /> Triumphal Arch of Roman Emperor Hadrian. Eleusis.

Temple of Eleusis
Temple of Eleusis submitted by Antonios : Eleusinian Sanctuary

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Re: Temple of Eleusis by Antonios on Thursday, 15 May 2008
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According to Homeric Hymns,Demeter,the Earth Goddess of agriculture and fertility went to Eleusis in search of her missing daughter Persephone who while she was gathering flowers had been abducted by Pluto,god of the underworld.Distraught,Demeter searching for her daughter caused a terrible drought in which people starved.Finally,with the help of Zeus,Demeter reunites with her daughter on a condition that she had to stay for 6 months underworld (autumn,winter)and 6 months on earth (spring,summer),representing the death and birth of all plant life.The cult of mother goddess was practiced from Mycenaean period (2000 BC)down to Roman period.Visigoth king Alaric with the help of Christian fanatic monks destroyed the holy site in 396 AD,putting an end to sacred rituals that lasted over 2000 years.
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