The Little Mysteries ofEleusis took place in the month of Anthesteria – the eighth month of the Attic calendar, falling in midwinter around February or March – under the direction of Archon Basileus of Athens.
The Little Mysteries of Eleusis
In order to qualify for initiation, participants sacrificed a piglet to Demeter and Persephone, then ritually purified themselves in the Illisos River. At the end of the ceremony, the participants were considered mystai (“initiates”) worthy of witnessing the Great Mysteries.
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On this day the Little Mysteries of Eleusis began. In order to qualify for initiation, participants sacrificed a piglet to Demeter and Persephone, then ritually purified themselves in the Illisos River. At the end of the Little Mysteries, the participants were considered mystai. #mythology #myth #legend #calendar #February 21 #eleusis
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