Elefsina is a small industrial city, 20 kilometers west from Athens. This city has been tied ever since the prehistoric years with the Ancient Greeks’ most revered myth, the one of Demeter, goddess of agriculture and fertility and her daughter, Persephone. The Eleusinian Mysteries, first celebrated over two thousand years ago, revolved around the cycle of life, offering the initiates the hope and serenity to cope with death. This sacred land, where the goddess’ gifts, cereals, were first cultivated, was the birthplace for Greece’s most important industries, with calamitous consequences on the region and the ancient places of worship.
