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Elefsína (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 38 02 29 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 38.0413 decimal degrees |
| Long: 023 32 35 E degrees minutes |
Long: 23.5430 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on bay of Eleusis; was an very early independent city; taken by Athens in 7th cen. BCE; traditional festivals were converted into a major Athenian religious ceremony, the Eleusian mysteries; ruined by Gothic Alaric in 365 CE. |
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| Elefsína (preferred,NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Elevsis (C,V)
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| Eleusis (C,O,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Elefsina (C,O)
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| Elevsís (C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Elefis (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Elefsís (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Lepsina (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Ελευσίς (NA,V,Greek,U)
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| Ελευσίνα (C,V,Greek,U)
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| Lefsina (H,V)
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Elefsína (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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was a very ancient settlement; modern village is on site of great ancient city |
| village (C) |
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| archaeological site (C) |
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excavations were begun in 1882 |
| Attic (H) |
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