Telesterion

sanctuary · 750 BC – 2100 AD

The Telesterion (ca. 435 - 421 B.C.) was a sacred hall at Eleusis used for the annual initiation ceremonies for the cult of Demeter and Persephone known as the Eleusinian Mysteries.

Coordinates

38.04091, 23.53863

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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