Sacred Court

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The Sacred Court was an important religious and judicial complex at ancient Eleusis, associated with the administration and rituals of the Eleusinian Mysteries.

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Label Occurrences
Sacred Court canonical 1

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf judicial complex ⓘ
religious complex ⓘ
associatedDeity Demeter ⓘ
Persephone ⓘ
associatedWith Athenian religious administration ⓘ
Eleusinian Mysteries ⓘ
sacred law of Eleusis ⓘ
country Ancient Greece ⓘ
linked to: Greek Antiquity
culturalContext Classical Greece ⓘ
Hellenistic Greece ⓘ
linked to: Hellenistic period
governs conduct of initiates ⓘ
observance of Eleusinian ritual rules ⓘ
hasFunction adjudication of religious offenses ⓘ
oversight of sacred law ⓘ
regulation of initiation rites ⓘ
hasType cultic institution ⓘ
sanctuary building ⓘ
languageOfUse Ancient Greek ⓘ
locatedIn Eleusis ⓘ
ancient Eleusis ⓘ
partOf sanctuary of Eleusis ⓘ
periodOfUse antiquity ⓘ
relatedTo initiation ceremonies at Eleusis ⓘ
procession of the Eleusinian Mysteries ⓘ
religion ancient Greek religion ⓘ
significance central institution of the Eleusinian sanctuary ⓘ
key role in maintaining secrecy of the Mysteries ⓘ
usedFor administration of the Eleusinian Mysteries ⓘ
judicial proceedings ⓘ
religious rituals ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eleusis → hasStructure → Sacred Court ⓘ