General information
| Destination |
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| Athens, Greece |
Program details
Don't miss the opportunity during your stay in Athens to visit Elefsina, world-famous for the
Eleusinian Mysteries and also the
birthplace of Aeschylus, one of the three great tragedians of antiquity.
Depart in the morning from your hotel and drive Northwest of Athens to reach Elefsina. The Eleusinian Mysteries are performed every year in honor of the
goddess Dimitra and her daughter Persephone. Nowadays, in the archaeological site of Elefsina, you will admire the Roman courtyard where is the
temple of Artemis Propylaea, the remains of a fountain and two triumphal arches. Then you will enter to the precincts of the
sanctuary of Greater Propylaea, next to which is preserved the Kallichoro Frear.
Then we will pass from the Lesser Propylaea, having on the right the cave Ploutoneio and reach the main
temple of Demeter the Telesterion. The biggest religious center during antiquity continues to hold the secret of the mysteries, which were attended to even by slaves, children and women – a great show of democracy for the time. The figures of Demeter, Persephone, Cronus and the rites for the coming of spring continue to enchant visitors today, and it is even said that the
spring’s first wildflowers appear in Elefsina before they do in any other part of Greece thanks to its privileged relationship with the gods.
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