Eleusinian Cult

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Ancient_Greek
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Demeter
gptkb:Persephone
gptkbp:celebrated_harvest grain harvest
gptkbp:celebrates gptkb:Eleusinian_Mysteries
gptkbp:cult_status gptkb:Cults_of_Demeter
gptkbp:declined_in 4th century AD
gptkbp:events_held gptkb:Thesmophoria
gptkbp:founded_in circa 1500 BC
gptkbp:had_mystical_teachings secret knowledge
gptkbp:had_priests gptkb:Hierokeryx
gptkb:Hierophant
Dadouchos
gptkbp:had_sacred_animals pigs
gptkbp:had_sacred_locations gptkb:Ceres'_temple
gptkbp:has_lore gptkb:Abduction_of_Persephone
gptkbp:has_tradition sacrifices
fasting
initiation ceremonies
mysteries
purification rites
sacred processions
gptkbp:historical_site gptkb:Telesterion
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Eleusinian Cult
gptkbp:influence Platonism
gptkbp:influenced Roman religion
gptkbp:influenced_artists gptkb:Virgil's_Aeneid
classical art
gptkbp:is_associated_with fertility
agricultural cycles
gptkbp:is_celebrated_in in September
in November
in October
gptkbp:is_documented_in gptkb:Cicero
gptkb:Plutarch
gptkb:Herodotus
gptkb:Aristotle
gptkb:Pausanias
gptkbp:is_open_to all social classes
gptkbp:is_practiced_in gptkb:Eleusis
gptkbp:promoted_beliefs_about life after death
gptkbp:promoted_rituals sacred drama
gptkbp:provided_initiation spiritual enlightenment
gptkbp:revived_in gptkb:modern_paganism
gptkbp:sacred_text gptkb:Homeric_Hymns
gptkbp:suppressor_compatible gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:symbolizes agriculture
gptkbp:used_sacred_objects kernos
gptkbp:was_part_of Hellenistic religion
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Demeter
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5