Uploaded March 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
4:08 The Myth of Demeter, Hades and Persephone
12:01 The Eleusinian Mysteries
18:08 Worshipping Demeter
27:22 Why did the Eleusinian Mysteries Stop?
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🏺 Resources:
Hill, Lisa L. “Rereading Persephone; Revisioning Writers’ Talk.” Composition Studies, vol. 25, no. 2, 1997, pp. 63–81. JSTOR, jstor.org/stable/43501391.
Keller, Mara Lynn. 1988. ‘The Eleusinian Mysteries of Demeter and Persephone: Fertility, Sexuality, and Rebirth’, Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, 4.1: 27–54 jstor.org/stable/pdf/25002068.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A795727e052b44c5988c0fe8a3e750ef1&ab_segments=&origin=&initiator=
Images of Eleusis were from this site: followinghadrianphotography.com/tag/demeter
The Homeric Hymn of Demeter can be read here: earlywomenmasters.net/demeter/myth_015.html
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
4:08 The Myth of Demeter, Hades and Persephone
12:01 The Eleusinian Mysteries
18:08 Worshipping Demeter
27:22 Why did the Eleusinian Mysteries Stop?
Disclaimer: I am a Book Depository Affiliate. I am not sponsored for any of my reviews and will always disclose if a book I am reviewing has been sent to me for review.
🏺 Resources:
Hill, Lisa L. “Rereading Persephone; Revisioning Writers’ Talk.” Composition Studies, vol. 25, no. 2, 1997, pp. 63–81. JSTOR, jstor.org/stable/43501391.
Keller, Mara Lynn. 1988. ‘The Eleusinian Mysteries of Demeter and Persephone: Fertility, Sexuality, and Rebirth’, Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, 4.1: 27–54 jstor.org/stable/pdf/25002068.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A795727e052b44c5988c0fe8a3e750ef1&ab_segments=&origin=&initiator=
Images of Eleusis were from this site: followinghadrianphotography.com/tag/demeter
The Homeric Hymn of Demeter can be read here: earlywomenmasters.net/demeter/myth_015.html
