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  Celeus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, Celeus was one of the original priests of Demeter, one of the first people to learn the secret rites and mysteries of Demeter's cult the Eleusinian Mysteries.
Diocles, Eumolpos, Triptolemus and Polyxeinus were the others of the first priests.
This page was last modified 11:27, 4 February 2006.
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 Eleusinian Mysteries - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
They were held annually for about two thousand years.
In the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, a King Celeus is said to have been one of the first people to learn the secret rites and mysteries of her cult, as well as one of the original priests, along with Diocles, Eumolpos, Polyxeinus, and Triptolemus, Celeus' son, who had supposedly learned agriculture from Demeter.
Under Pisistratus of Athens, the Eleusinian Mysteries became pan-Hellenic and pilgrims flocked from Greece and beyond to participate.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eleusinian_Mysteries   (1992 words)

  
 Lords 7 Newsfax for turn 35   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
A Norse Christian Bishop was caught sneaking around Attica and was tossed into prison.
While Polyxeinus wasn’t a fan of the Byzantines, his hatred for the blasphemers from the north was more intense.
Currently the Bishop Arn Ketilsson is spending time with the rats in prison
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