Agrae near Athens

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Agrae near Athens was a suburban district of ancient Athens along the Ilissos River, known as the site where the preliminary or “Lesser” Eleusinian Mysteries were celebrated.

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Agrae near Athens canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Athenian district ⓘ
deme or locality of Attica ⓘ
associatedWith Athenian festival calendar ⓘ
Athenian state religion ⓘ
associatedWithCult Eleusinian Mysteries ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Demeter ⓘ
Persephone ⓘ
connectedTo Eleusis through the Eleusinian cult system ⓘ
describedAs suburban district of ancient Athens ⓘ
function cult center outside the main city center ⓘ
hasCulticRole pre-initiation site for future mystai ⓘ
hasSeasonalAssociation spring celebrations of the Lesser Mysteries ⓘ
hasTypeOfMysteries Lesser Mysteries ⓘ
knownFor celebration of the Lesser Eleusinian Mysteries ⓘ
preliminary rites of the Eleusinian Mysteries ⓘ
locatedAlong Ilissos River ⓘ
locatedIn Athens ⓘ
Attica ⓘ
ancient Greece ⓘ
linked to: Greek Antiquity
mentionedIn ancient literary sources on Athenian cults ⓘ
near Ilissos sanctuaries ⓘ
city walls of classical Athens ⓘ
partOf religious topography of Athens ⓘ
relatedRitual preparatory purification for Eleusinian initiation ⓘ
religiousFunction site of initiation ceremonies ⓘ
terrain riverine area along the Ilissos ⓘ
timePeriod Classical period of ancient Greece ⓘ
Hellenistic period of ancient Greece ⓘ
urbanCharacter suburban rather than intra-mural ⓘ

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