Archaeology of an ancient procession: the practice of πομπή between Athens and Eleusis in the Roman Period (2nd - 3rd AD)
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2177-4218.v12i1p111-137Keywords:
Eleusinian Mysteries, Ancient procession, Roman Greece, Eleusis, City Eleusinion, Ancient Greek religionAbstract
This article aims to identify the particularities of the procession celebrated between Athens and Eleusis during the Eleusinian Mysteries in the Roman Period (II - III AD) based on evidences found in sources of different natures (textual, topographic/architectural and epigraphic). It seeks to understand aspects related to the permanence of the Eleusinian ancestral tradition and to identify innovations typical of the Roman historical strata, whose evidence can be observed both in the organization of the procession and in the building interventions on sanctuaries (Eleusis and the City Eleusinion in Athens) and the Sacred Way (hierá hodós).
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