Eleusis was the chief rival city to Athens in Attica. Eleusis lost its independence to Erechtheus of Athens. Eleusis was a centre of a cult to Demeter known as the Eleusinian mysteries, established by Celeüs and his family. See also the Mother Goddesses for more about Demeter and Persephone.
Eleusis, Ἐλευσίς.
Celeüs.
By Jimmy Joe
The Eleusinian Mysteries centred on the belief in the agricultural fertility and the cycle of the seasons, which included the myth of two goddesses, Demeter (Δημήτηρ) and her daughter, Kore, or Persephone (Περσεφόνη) as she was often known as the ...
Goddess of corn or of the earth and fertility. Demeter was also known as Deo, while the Romans called her Ceres. Demeter was a daughter of Cronus and Rhea. Demeter was often seen as one of the Olympians, replacing Hades since the Underworld god wa...
There are already articles on Demeter and Persephone, but I haven't told the whole story, which I will complete here. The myth explained the origin of the changes in seasons and the introduction of a new agriculture religion. My main source for De...
Demeter: The Bountiful Greek Goddess of Agriculture and Growth Demeter, goddess of harvest in Greek mythology, was representative of bounty and growth in agriculture. She was also the symbol of a mother’s love, and it showed in her main mythology....
Elis (Ἦλις) was the capital of the region also called Elis. Elis was founded by either Aëthlius, son of Aeolus and Protogeneia, or by Endymion, Aëthlius' son by Calyce. Endymion had three sons – Epeius, Paeon and Aetolus. To decide which son would...
There were many different religious groups in Greece and Rome that didn't correspond to the usual official religions of the various gods and goddesses. Their rites and sometimes their teachings were kept secret, so that they were only understood b...
The principal city of Attica. The citadel of Athens was the Acropolis. The town Piraeus, south-west of Athens, was its main port. Athens was named after their patron goddess, Athena. The first king of Athens was either the earth-born Cecrops or Cr...
Mother goddess. Cybele (Kybele) was a Phrygian mother goddess who was worshipped in Greece and Rome. She was often equated with the two other Greek mother goddesses – Rhea and Demeter (Ceres). Cybele was so revered that she was often called "The M...
Elis was a northwestern region of the Peloponnesus. The principal city of Elis was also called Elis. It was named after Eleius, grandson of Endymion. The major cities in Elis were: See House of Elis for the family tree.
During the Neolithic period and the Bronze Age, the mother goddesses were very prominent in Crete, the Cyclades and on mainland Greece. This page not only looks at Hellenic mother goddesses in Greek mythology, but also looks briefly at a couple of...