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...worshipped in the rites of Isis, Adonis, Atys, Sabazius, Dionysus, and the Eleusinia. No {{Style S-Italic|apostle}} Peter was ever at Rome; but the Pope, seizin ...able, the new Pope among the oldest valetudinarians. The hierophant of the Eleusinia was likewise always an old man, and unmarried.

...allegories showed the first signs of desecration and decay. For the great Eleusinia finally shared the same fate {{Page aside|87}}as the others. Their earlier ...ught itself, on the advice of Aristogeiton (510 B.C.), of drawing from the Eleusinia a constant and prolific source of income. A law was passed to that effect.

...small number obtained an entrance. † The magistrates supervising the Eleusinia were called Archons. ‡ }}

...s ready to ascend in spirit to the blessed abodes of light and glory – the Eleusinia. The Tau was a magic talisman at the same time as a religious emblem. It wa

...n the nights of Initiation. The ''true ''Mysteries were never made public. Eleusinia and Agrae for the multitudes; the God Ευβουλη, “of the good counse

...were of the Dionysia; and both rites were eventually incorporated with the Eleusinia. The Sacred Mysteries were enacted in the ancient Temples by the initiated

...were of the Dionysia; and both rites were eventually incorporated with the Eleusinia. We will treat of the Mysteries fully in the subsequent chapters.

...ves were composed of two parts, the lesser at Agræ, and the higher ones at Eleusinia, Clemens Alexandrinus, with a rancorous bigotry that one might expect from