Location:
Greece
Coordinates:
38.0414, 23.5431
Events at Eleusis (2)
1500 BC
ID: 5947
Eleusinian Mysteries established - secret rites of Demeter and Persephone, promise blessed afterlife, death penalty for revealing secrets
ID: 5947
396
ID: 5960
Eleusinian Mysteries ended - Alaric the Goth destroys sanctuary, 2000-year tradition ends, last hierophant laments gods have abandoned Greece
ID: 5960