Eleusis (Boeotia)

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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. Vol. ix. p.407. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  2. Pausanias (1918). "24.2". Description of Greece. Vol. 9. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.

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