Eleusis and the Eleusinian mysteries

Legends and history

Early history and remains

Eleusis in the early centuries of the historic era

The Peisistratean Period ca. 550-510 B.C.

The Kimonian the Periklean Era, ca. 480-404 B.C.

The fourth century and the Hellenistic era, ca. 400-146 B.C.

Eleusis in Roman times

Art and Eleusis

The Eleusinian mysteries

Appendix : theory and fact : the writings of the early Christian fathers and modern interpretations