Clement of Alexandria

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Exhortation to the Greeks (Chapter II, on the Eleusinian and Related Mysteries)
Ancient Text, c. 195 CE (this translation 1867/1885)

Exhortation to the Greeks, ch. II

Clement of Alexandria's chapter from his Exhortation to the Greeks (c. 195 CE), exposing Greek mystery religions including the Eleusinian rites. He quotes the complete verbal formula recited over the kykeon and recounts the myth of Demeter and Baubo.

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