place
Eleusis
Town near Athens, seat of Ceres' mysteries; Phaedra recalls first seeing Hippolytus there.
Reading notes
- The Art of Love §2.27 Ceres' rites
The Eleusinian Mysteries of Ceres (Demeter), whose secrets the profane must never be told.
- The Heroides §4 Eleusis
Town near Athens, seat of Ceres' mysteries, where Phaedra's passion took hold.
- The Festivals §4.12 Eleusis
The Attic town, home of Celeus, where Ceres rested and founded her mysteries.
- Metamorphoses §7.173 Eleusis
Town of Attica sacred to Ceres; 'Ceres' Eleusis' saw Theseus kill the brigand Cercyon.