During this time the mystoe, the candidates, were given the revelation of the legend of Demeter and Persephone.
The Greater ones began with the fetching of sacred objects from the namesake town by youths known as ephebi. The Lesser ones were celebrated at Agrae and were the culmination of an initiation process for new candidates that took place in the Telesterion. During this time the mystoe, the candidates, were given the revelation of the legend of Demeter and Persephone. Taking their name from the town of Elevsís, these were, FTP, what secret sacred rituals that were the most important religious services in Greece?
The Greater ones began with the fetching of sacred objects from the namesake town by youths known as ephebi.
{Eleusinian} mysteries