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	[[File:NAMA Triade ~~éleusinienne~~.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.3\|Demeter and Persephone celebrating the Eleusinian Mysteries. Votive relief in Pentelic marble found in Eleusis, between circa 440 and circa 430 <small>B.C</small>.]]		[[File:NAMA Triade eleusinienne.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.3\|Demeter and Persephone celebrating the Eleusinian Mysteries. Votive relief in Pentelic marble found in Eleusis, between circa 440 and circa 430 <small>B.C</small>.]]

	The '''Eleusinian Mysteries''' were secret religious ceremonies that were practiced in Ancient Greece starting in the seventh century <small>B.C</small>. In the great Hall of Initiation, located at Eleusis on the Aegean coast, initiates reenacted the quest of the earth goddess Demeter for her daughter, Persephone.		The '''Eleusinian Mysteries''' were secret religious ceremonies that were practiced in Ancient Greece starting in the seventh century <small>B.C</small>. In the great Hall of Initiation, located at Eleusis on the Aegean coast, initiates reenacted the quest of the earth goddess Demeter for her daughter, Persephone.