Historical place profile
Eleusis
Eleusis, located some 22 km west of Athens, was the site of the cult of Demeter and the sanctuary where the Eleusinian Mysteries were celebrated from the Bronze Age to the Roman Imperial period. It was a coastal deme of the Hippothontis tribe and the site of a military garrison in the Classical and Hellenistic periods.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:579920
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:579920
- Place type
- deme-attic, settlement
- Coordinates
- 38.041101, 23.537401
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Eleusis, located some 22 km west of Athens, was the site of the cult of Demeter and the sanctuary where the Eleusinian Mysteries were celebrated from the Bronze Age to the Roman Imperial period. It was a coastal deme of the Hippothontis tribe and the site of a military garrison in the Classical and Hellenistic periods.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 59 B2 Eleusis
Source and reuse
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Research path
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