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VOL. 8, ISSUE 2 (2026)
An archaeological journey to the ancient cultural heritage of the City of Eleusis
Authors
Xanthippi Foulidi, Evangelos Papakitsos
Abstract
This paper presents an outline of the ancient
cultural heritage of the city of Eleusis from the classical antiquity. Eleusis is
located in an area continuously inhabited since the Neolithic times, 19 km west
of Athens, the capital city of Greece. The road connecting the two cities was
called “Sacred”. Eleusis had been one of the most important sacred cities of
antiquity for more than a thousand years, famous to the Greco-Roman world for
the Eleusinian Mysteries and their connection with the religious myth of
goddess Demeter and her daughter Persephone. The Sacred Road, leading from
Athens to Eleusis, and the Eleusinian Mysteries, as described herein, are the cultural
remnants of the ancient glory.
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Pages:114-117
How to cite this article:
Xanthippi Foulidi, Evangelos Papakitsos "An archaeological journey to the ancient cultural heritage of the City of Eleusis". International Journal of Social Science and Humanities, Vol 8, Issue 2, 2026, Pages 114-117
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