Eleusis (Boeotia)

Eleusis (Ancient Greek: Ἐλευσίς) was a town of ancient Boeotia, on the river Triton, and near Lake Copais. Eleusis, along with the neighbouring town of Athenae , was destroyed by an inundation.[1][2]


References
  1. Strabo. Geographica. ix. p.407. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  2. Pausanias. Description of Greece. 9.24.2.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Eleusis". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.


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