Archaeological Museum of Eleusis. The Archeological Museum of Eleusis is a museum in Eleusis, Attica, Greece.The museum is located inside the archaeological site of Eleusis.
Built in 1890, by the plans of the German architect Kaverau, to keep the findings of the excavations, and after two years was extended under the plans of the Greek architect J. Mousis. There is a collection of objects dating from the 5th century BC, when the reputation of the temple was panhellenic, and the number of believers who moved there in order to attend the ceremonies of the Eleusinian mysteries had increased significantly.
Many of the findings are associated with these ceremonies. The Votive piglet reminds the sacrifice of these animals for the purgation of the believers at Phaleron, which took place in some of the preparatory stages of the ceremonies, and the kernos, a ceremonial vessel which was used at the sacrifices and at the offerings made to the altars and the temples, during the return of the sacred symbols through the Holy Road from the Ancient Agora back again to the Sanctuary for the final initiation.
Among the most important exhibits of the museum are included: the monumental protoattic amphora from the middle of the 7th century BC, with the depiction of Medusa's beheading by Perseus, the famous fleeing kore from the archaic period, that probably comes from the architectural design of the Sacred House, the large headles
Built in 1890, by the plans of the German architect Kaverau, to keep the findings of the excavations, and after two years was extended under the plans of the Greek architect J. Mousis. There is a collection of objects dating from the 5th century BC, when the reputation of the temple was panhellenic, and the number of believers who moved there in order to attend the ceremonies of the Eleusinian mysteries had increased significantly.
Many of the findings are associated with these ceremonies. The Votive piglet reminds the sacrifice of these animals for the purgation of the believers at Phaleron, which took place in some of the preparatory stages of the ceremonies, and the kernos, a ceremonial vessel which was used at the sacrifices and at the offerings made to the altars and the temples, during the return of the sacred symbols through the Holy Road from the Ancient Agora back again to the Sanctuary for the final initiation.
Among the most important exhibits of the museum are included: the monumental protoattic amphora from the middle of the 7th century BC, with the depiction of Medusa's beheading by Perseus, the famous fleeing kore from the archaic period, that probably comes from the architectural design of the Sacred House, the large headles
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