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تلستریون
Sign in to savethumb|247x247px|General view of the site of the Telesterion in Eleusis thumb|200x200px|Another View of Telesterion (Initiation Hall), Center for the Eleusinian Mysteries, [[Eleusis]] The Telesterion ("Initiation Hall" from Gr. τελείω, "to complete, to fulfill, to consecrate, to initiate") was a great hall and sanctuary in Eleusis, one of the primary centers of the Eleusinian Mysteries. The hall had a fifty-five yard square roof that could cover three-thousand people, but no one revealed what happened during these events beyond there being "something done, something said, and something shown".
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- Instance of
- building
- Part of
- Eleusinion
- Country
- Greece
- Located in
- Elefsina Municipality
- Location
- Elefsina
- Image
- Overall view of the Telesterion, the "place for initiation", Eleusis (16177191605).jpg
- Has use
- initiation
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- architectural style
- ancient Greek architecture
- Commons category
- Telesterion
- culture
- Ancient Greece
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