The Eleusis Amphora, c.660 BC. Almost 1.5 metres tall. Features the earliest representation of the blinding of Polyphemus by Odysseus.
🏛 Archaeological Museum of Eleusis
🏺 Ancientbluesky
🏛 Archaeological Museum of Eleusis
🏺 Ancientbluesky
January 27, 2024 at 12:01 AM
The Eleusis Amphora, c.660 BC. Almost 1.5 metres tall. Features the earliest representation of the blinding of Polyphemus by Odysseus.
🏛 Archaeological Museum of Eleusis
🏺 Ancientbluesky
🏛 Archaeological Museum of Eleusis
🏺 Ancientbluesky
Visited Eleusis last year and there were all these pomegranates stuffed into niches in the rock walls that people had left for her. Bit confusing since pomegranates were part of the problem, but cool to see.
March 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Visited Eleusis last year and there were all these pomegranates stuffed into niches in the rock walls that people had left for her. Bit confusing since pomegranates were part of the problem, but cool to see.
MY WEIRD ELEUSIS ARTICLE GOT ACCEPTED! 🥳
February 26, 2024 at 12:12 PM
MY WEIRD ELEUSIS ARTICLE GOT ACCEPTED! 🥳
Los misterios de Eleusis
July 28, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Los misterios de Eleusis
My article on sensory deprivation and the so-called Ploutonian at Eleusis has been published!
This is a deeply personal and vulnerable article - establishing a route into Sensory Archaeology as an Autistic researcher. I’m very proud of it.
#ClassicsBluesky
This is a deeply personal and vulnerable article - establishing a route into Sensory Archaeology as an Autistic researcher. I’m very proud of it.
#ClassicsBluesky
The Cave of Laughlessness, sensory deprivation, and cognitive depletion at Eleusis*
ABSTRACT. This article explores the intersection of sensory perception, emotional experience, and ritual practice within the ancient Eleusinian Mysteries,
https://academic.oup.com/bics/article/67/1/53/7977041?login=true#no-access-message#no-access-message
January 24, 2025 at 8:17 AM
My article on sensory deprivation and the so-called Ploutonian at Eleusis has been published!
This is a deeply personal and vulnerable article - establishing a route into Sensory Archaeology as an Autistic researcher. I’m very proud of it.
#ClassicsBluesky
This is a deeply personal and vulnerable article - establishing a route into Sensory Archaeology as an Autistic researcher. I’m very proud of it.
#ClassicsBluesky
It shows a version of the Medea story where her children are alive, and where she is apparently connected with Eleusis. We don’t have a literary version that makes this connection explicit, I don’t think (although Eleusis isn’t too far from Athens…), which makes this remarkable vase
September 24, 2026 at 7:04 PM
It shows a version of the Medea story where her children are alive, and where she is apparently connected with Eleusis. We don’t have a literary version that makes this connection explicit, I don’t think (although Eleusis isn’t too far from Athens…), which makes this remarkable vase
Sculpture de caryatide « type Eleusis » en marbre (40-50 ap. J.-C.). Elle était présentée dans l’exposition consacrée à la collection Torlonia au Louvre.
January 3, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Sculpture de caryatide « type Eleusis » en marbre (40-50 ap. J.-C.). Elle était présentée dans l’exposition consacrée à la collection Torlonia au Louvre.
September 28, 2026 at 6:43 AM
✨NEW ARTICLE ✨
Ever wondered what happened to Eleusis, town of mystery and mysteries?
Neil Middleton has had a look at the town today, and the art its history has inspired.
www.workingclassicists.com/zine/eleusis...
Ever wondered what happened to Eleusis, town of mystery and mysteries?
Neil Middleton has had a look at the town today, and the art its history has inspired.
www.workingclassicists.com/zine/eleusis...
Elefsina: Ancient Eleusis in Modern Greece — Working Classicists
Once the source of the famous religious cult, Elefsina (formerly Eleusis) has become something quite different. Neil Middleton explains how this post-industrial town’s spiritual connections have had t...
www.workingclassicists.com
September 17, 2025 at 9:07 AM
✨NEW ARTICLE ✨
Ever wondered what happened to Eleusis, town of mystery and mysteries?
Neil Middleton has had a look at the town today, and the art its history has inspired.
www.workingclassicists.com/zine/eleusis...
Ever wondered what happened to Eleusis, town of mystery and mysteries?
Neil Middleton has had a look at the town today, and the art its history has inspired.
www.workingclassicists.com/zine/eleusis...
A depiction of The Odyssey in ancient art a day until the release of Christopher Nolan’s film #theodyssey 🏺
Proto-Attic amphora, found at Eleusis, dated to c. 650 BCE. The neck of the amphora depicts the blinding of the cyclops Polyphemus by Odysseus and his crew.
Archaeological Museum of Eleusis
Proto-Attic amphora, found at Eleusis, dated to c. 650 BCE. The neck of the amphora depicts the blinding of the cyclops Polyphemus by Odysseus and his crew.
Archaeological Museum of Eleusis
July 8, 2026 at 6:42 AM
A depiction of The Odyssey in ancient art a day until the release of Christopher Nolan’s film #theodyssey 🏺
Proto-Attic amphora, found at Eleusis, dated to c. 650 BCE. The neck of the amphora depicts the blinding of the cyclops Polyphemus by Odysseus and his crew.
Archaeological Museum of Eleusis
Proto-Attic amphora, found at Eleusis, dated to c. 650 BCE. The neck of the amphora depicts the blinding of the cyclops Polyphemus by Odysseus and his crew.
Archaeological Museum of Eleusis
#ReliefWednesday - Marble votive relief showing Demeter enthroned and her daughter Persephone standing with two torches. Dated to the first quarter of the 5th century BC.
Archaeological Museum of Eleusis, Greece.
Archaeological Museum of Eleusis, Greece.
November 20, 2024 at 2:48 PM
#ReliefWednesday - Marble votive relief showing Demeter enthroned and her daughter Persephone standing with two torches. Dated to the first quarter of the 5th century BC.
Archaeological Museum of Eleusis, Greece.
Archaeological Museum of Eleusis, Greece.
#EpigraphyTuesday - Statue base dedicated to "The God Hadrian Panhellenios", erected posthumously at Eleusis. Dated after AD 138.
Hadrian's epithet, Panhellenios, refers to his connection to the Panhellenion, a league of Greek city-states established in 131–132 that had close ties with Eleusis.
Hadrian's epithet, Panhellenios, refers to his connection to the Panhellenion, a league of Greek city-states established in 131–132 that had close ties with Eleusis.
November 19, 2024 at 6:01 PM
#EpigraphyTuesday - Statue base dedicated to "The God Hadrian Panhellenios", erected posthumously at Eleusis. Dated after AD 138.
Hadrian's epithet, Panhellenios, refers to his connection to the Panhellenion, a league of Greek city-states established in 131–132 that had close ties with Eleusis.
Hadrian's epithet, Panhellenios, refers to his connection to the Panhellenion, a league of Greek city-states established in 131–132 that had close ties with Eleusis.
🌈 Ever wondered what a rainbow looks like up close? Here is Iris, the rainbow goddess and messenger of the gods!
(From the museum at Eleusis/Elefsina, info card below)
(From the museum at Eleusis/Elefsina, info card below)
June 11, 2025 at 11:33 AM
🌈 Ever wondered what a rainbow looks like up close? Here is Iris, the rainbow goddess and messenger of the gods!
(From the museum at Eleusis/Elefsina, info card below)
(From the museum at Eleusis/Elefsina, info card below)
For the seventh day of Classicstober, a votive relief depicting Persephone purifying an initiate into the Eleusinian Mysteries with water. From Eleusis and dated to the late 5th century BCE. Now in the Archaeological Museum of Eleusis.
AncientBlueSky 🏺
AncientBlueSky 🏺
October 7, 2023 at 3:32 PM
For the seventh day of Classicstober, a votive relief depicting Persephone purifying an initiate into the Eleusinian Mysteries with water. From Eleusis and dated to the late 5th century BCE. Now in the Archaeological Museum of Eleusis.
AncientBlueSky 🏺
AncientBlueSky 🏺
🏺 On this day there was a procession from the Eleusinion in Athens to Eleusis for the Mysteries (τὰ Μυστήρια). It began late in the day and did not arrive in Eleusis (about ten miles from Athens) until nighttime.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleusinian_Mysteries
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleusinian_Mysteries
September 30, 2026 at 6:17 PM
🏺 On this day there was a procession from the Eleusinion in Athens to Eleusis for the Mysteries (τὰ Μυστήρια). It began late in the day and did not arrive in Eleusis (about ten miles from Athens) until nighttime.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleusinian_Mysteries
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleusinian_Mysteries
Also for #WorldAutismDay, here’s a recent article I wrote about sensory experiences at Eleusis, which also touches on ways my Autism impacts my scholarship #ClassicsBluesky
April 2, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Also for #WorldAutismDay, here’s a recent article I wrote about sensory experiences at Eleusis, which also touches on ways my Autism impacts my scholarship #ClassicsBluesky
Happy pride!
This 1st-century BCE grave relief shows two women, Fonteia Eleusis and Fonteia Helena, clasping their right hands - a traditional Roman symbol of marriage.
#pride #pridemonth #queerhistory
This 1st-century BCE grave relief shows two women, Fonteia Eleusis and Fonteia Helena, clasping their right hands - a traditional Roman symbol of marriage.
#pride #pridemonth #queerhistory
June 23, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Happy pride!
This 1st-century BCE grave relief shows two women, Fonteia Eleusis and Fonteia Helena, clasping their right hands - a traditional Roman symbol of marriage.
#pride #pridemonth #queerhistory
This 1st-century BCE grave relief shows two women, Fonteia Eleusis and Fonteia Helena, clasping their right hands - a traditional Roman symbol of marriage.
#pride #pridemonth #queerhistory
The Hunt for the Kalydonian Boar, depicted on this face of this 2-3c AD sarcophagus in the Eleusis Museum #sarcophagussaturday
December 27, 2025 at 7:21 AM
The Hunt for the Kalydonian Boar, depicted on this face of this 2-3c AD sarcophagus in the Eleusis Museum #sarcophagussaturday
Looting a Legend: The Colossal Caryatid of Eleusis, Greece
Looting a Legend: The Colossal Caryatid of Eleusis, Greece - GreekReporter.com
While the Parthenon Marbles are the most famous case of looted Greek antiquities, the story of the Caryatid of Eleusis is surreal.
greekreporter.com
March 17, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Looting a Legend: The Colossal Caryatid of Eleusis, Greece
Sculpture de caryatide « type Eleusis » en marbre (40-50 ap. J.-C.). Elle est actuellement présentée dans l’exposition consacrée à la collection Torlonia au Louvre.
January 3, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Sculpture de caryatide « type Eleusis » en marbre (40-50 ap. J.-C.). Elle est actuellement présentée dans l’exposition consacrée à la collection Torlonia au Louvre.
The Road to Smurf Eleusis (very niche reference)
Contrairement à d'autres champignons hallucinogènes, le Lanmaoa asiatica provoque des visions étonnamment similaires chez tous ceux qui le consomment cru : des hordes de minuscules personnages apparaissent partout (des cas documentés dans la littérature scientifique depuis les années 1990).
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February 16, 2026 at 9:01 AM
The Road to Smurf Eleusis (very niche reference)