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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7" title="إلفسينا – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="إلفسينا" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elefsis" title="Elefsis – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Elefsis" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Елевсина – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Елевсина" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elefsina" title="Elefsina – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Elefsina" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleusis_(ciutat)" title="Eleusis (ciutat) – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Eleusis (ciutat)" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleusis_(arkiyolohiyang_dapit_sa_Gresya,_lat_38,04,_long_23,54)" title="Eleusis (arkiyolohiyang dapit sa Gresya, lat 38,04, long 23,54) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Eleusis (arkiyolohiyang dapit sa Gresya, lat 38,04, long 23,54)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleusis" title="Eleusis – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Eleusis" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elefsina" title="Elefsina – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Elefsina" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elefs%C3%ADna" title="Elefsína – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Elefsína" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%95%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%85%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B1" title="Ελευσίνα – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ελευσίνα" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleusis" title="Eleusis – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Eleusis" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ele%C5%ADziso" title="Eleŭziso – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Eleŭziso" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleusis" title="Eleusis – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Eleusis" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B3" title="الوزیس – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="الوزیس" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89leusis" title="Éleusis – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Éleusis" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eileoisis" title="Eileoisis – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Eileoisis" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleusis" title="Eleusis – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Eleusis" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%97%98%EB%A0%88%ED%94%84%EC%8B%9C%EB%82%98" title="엘레프시나 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="엘레프시나" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B7%D5%AC%D5%A5%D6%86%D5%BD%D5%AB%D5%BD" title="Էլեֆսիս – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Էլեֆսիս" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleusina" title="Eleusina – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Eleusina" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleusina" title="Eleusina – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Eleusina" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleusis" title="Eleusis – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Eleusis" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%84%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%81" title="Элефсис – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Элефсис" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleusi" title="Eleusi – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Eleusi" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%A4%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%94" title="אלפסינה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אלפסינה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleusin" title="Eleusin – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Eleusin" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elefsina" title="Elefsina – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Elefsina" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleusinas" title="Eleusinas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Eleusinas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elefsz%C3%ADna" title="Elefszína – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Elefszína" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3" title="اليوسيس – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="اليوسيس" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elefsina" title="Elefsina – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Elefsina" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A6%E3%82%B7%E3%82%B9" title="エレウシス – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="エレウシス" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleusis" title="Eleusis – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Eleusis" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" 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.infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Elefsina</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native" lang="el"><span title="Greek-language text"><span lang="el">Ελευσίνα</span></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Municipalities_and_communities_of_Greece" title="Municipalities and communities of Greece">Municipality</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:General_view_of_sanctuary_of_Demeter_and_Kore_and_the_Telesterion_(Initiation_Hall),_center_for_the_Eleusinian_Mysteries,_Eleusis_(8191841684).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="View over the excavation site towards Elefsina."><img alt="View over the excavation site towards Elefsina." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/General_view_of_sanctuary_of_Demeter_and_Kore_and_the_Telesterion_%28Initiation_Hall%29%2C_center_for_the_Eleusinian_Mysteries%2C_Eleusis_%288191841684%29.jpg/270px-General_view_of_sanctuary_of_Demeter_and_Kore_and_the_Telesterion_%28Initiation_Hall%29%2C_center_for_the_Eleusinian_Mysteries%2C_Eleusis_%288191841684%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="270" height="203" class="mw-file-element" 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typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Greece_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Elefsina is located in Greece"><img alt="Elefsina is located in Greece" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Greece_location_map.svg/270px-Greece_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="270" height="222" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Greece_location_map.svg/405px-Greece_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Greece_location_map.svg/540px-Greece_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1003" data-file-height="825" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:53.608%;left:41.046%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Elefsina"><img alt="Elefsina" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Elefsina</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1214851843">.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;padding:5px;border:none;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .hidden-title{font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .hidden-content{text-align:left}@media all and (max-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{width:auto!important;clear:none!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="border:line; margin-top:2px"><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="font-size:115%; height:auto; padding-right:2em;">Location within the region</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2011_Dimos_Elefsinas.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/2011_Dimos_Elefsinas.png/250px-2011_Dimos_Elefsinas.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/2011_Dimos_Elefsinas.png/375px-2011_Dimos_Elefsinas.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/2011_Dimos_Elefsinas.png/500px-2011_Dimos_Elefsinas.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1115" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </div></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Elefsina&params=38_2_N_23_32_E_type:city(30147)_region:GR-I"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">38°2′N</span> <span class="longitude">23°32′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">38.033°N 23.533°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">38.033; 23.533</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Greece" title="Regions of Greece">Administrative region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Attica_(region)" title="Attica (region)">Attica</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regional_units_of_Greece" title="Regional units of Greece">Regional unit</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/West_Attica" title="West Attica">West Attica</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Mayor</th><td class="infobox-data">Georgios Georgopoulos<sup id="cite_ref-mayor_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mayor-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (since 2023)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Municipality</div></th><td class="infobox-data">36.589 km<sup>2</sup> (14.127 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Municipal unit</th><td class="infobox-data">18.455 km<sup>2</sup> (7.126 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">5 m (16 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2021)<sup id="cite_ref-census21_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census21-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Municipality</div></th><td class="infobox-data">30,147</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">820/km<sup>2</sup> (2,100/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Municipal unit<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">24,971</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Municipal unit density</th><td class="infobox-data">1,400/km<sup>2</sup> (3,500/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B2" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+2">UTC+2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_European_Time" title="Eastern European Time">EET</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B3" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+3">UTC+3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_European_Summer_Time" title="Eastern European Summer Time">EEST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postal_codes_in_Greece" title="Postal codes in Greece">Postal code</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">192 00</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_Greece" title="Telephone numbers in Greece">Area code(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">210</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Greece" title="Vehicle registration plates of Greece">Vehicle registration</a></th><td class="infobox-data">YP, YT</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elefsina.gr/">elefsina<wbr />.gr</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Plan_of_Eleusis,_081170.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Plan_of_Eleusis%2C_081170.jpg/250px-Plan_of_Eleusis%2C_081170.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="350" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Plan_of_Eleusis%2C_081170.jpg/375px-Plan_of_Eleusis%2C_081170.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Plan_of_Eleusis%2C_081170.jpg/500px-Plan_of_Eleusis%2C_081170.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1997" data-file-height="2793" /></a><figcaption>Plan of ancient Eleusis</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Elefsina</b> (<a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">Ελευσίνα</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Greek" title="Romanization of Greek">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Greek-language romanization"><i lang="el-Latn">Elefsína</i></span>) or <b>Eleusis</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/j/: 'y' in 'yes'">j</span><span title="/uː/: 'oo' in 'goose'">uː</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling">ih-<span style="font-size:90%">LEW</span>-siss</i></a>;<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Greek language">Ancient Greek</a>: <span lang="grc">Ἐλευσίς</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Ancient_Greek" class="mw-redirect" title="Romanization of Ancient Greek">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Ancient Greek-language romanization"><i lang="grc-Latn">Eleusís</i></span>) is a suburban city and <a href="/wiki/Communities_and_Municipalities_of_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Communities and Municipalities of Greece">municipality</a> in Athens metropolitan area. It belongs to <a href="/wiki/West_Attica" title="West Attica">West Attica</a> regional unit of <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a>. It is located in the <a href="/wiki/Thriasio_Plain" title="Thriasio Plain">Thriasio Plain</a>, at the northernmost end of the <a href="/wiki/Saronic_Gulf" title="Saronic Gulf">Saronic Gulf</a>. North of Elefsina are <a href="/wiki/Mandra,_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Mandra, Greece">Mandra</a> and <a href="/wiki/Magoula,_Attica" title="Magoula, Attica">Magoula</a>, while <a href="/wiki/Aspropyrgos" title="Aspropyrgos">Aspropyrgos</a> is to the northeast. </p><p>It is the site of the <a href="/wiki/Eleusinian_Mysteries" title="Eleusinian Mysteries">Eleusinian Mysteries</a> and the birthplace of <a href="/wiki/Aeschylus" title="Aeschylus">Aeschylus</a>. Today, Elefsina is a major industrial centre, with the largest oil refinery in Greece as well as the home of the <a href="/wiki/Aeschylia_Festival" title="Aeschylia Festival">Aeschylia Festival</a>, the longest-lived arts event in the Attica Region. On 11 November 2016, Elefsina was named the <a href="/wiki/European_Capital_of_Culture" title="European Capital of Culture">European Capital of Culture</a> for 2021, which became effective in 2023 due to the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a> postponement. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elefsina&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The word <i>Eleusis</i> first appears in the <i><a href="/wiki/Orphic_Hymn" class="mw-redirect" title="Orphic Hymn">Orphic Hymn</a> to Eleusinian <a href="/wiki/Demeter" title="Demeter">Demeter</a></i>: «Δήμητρος Ελευσινίας, θυμίαμα στύρακα<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>». Also <a href="/wiki/Hesychius_of_Alexandria" title="Hesychius of Alexandria">Hesychius of Alexandria</a> reports that the older name for Eleusis was Saesara (Σαισάρια). Saesara was the mythic daughter of <a href="/wiki/Celeus" title="Celeus">Celeus</a> (king of Eleusis when <a href="/wiki/Demeter" title="Demeter">Demeter</a> arrived for the first time) and granddaughter of Eleusinus, the first settler of Eleusis.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Municipality">Municipality</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elefsina&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Municipality"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The municipality of Elefsina was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following two former municipalities, that became municipal units:<sup id="cite_ref-Kallikratis_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kallikratis-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Elefsina</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magoula,_Attica" title="Magoula, Attica">Magoula</a></li></ul> <p>The municipality has an area of 36.589 km<sup>2</sup> (14.127 sq mi), and the municipal unit has an area of 18.455 km<sup>2</sup> (7.126 sq mi).<sup id="cite_ref-stat01_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stat01-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elefsina&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Overall_view_of_the_Telesterion,_the_%22place_for_initiation%22,_Eleusis_(16177191605).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Overall_view_of_the_Telesterion%2C_the_%22place_for_initiation%22%2C_Eleusis_%2816177191605%29.jpg/250px-Overall_view_of_the_Telesterion%2C_the_%22place_for_initiation%22%2C_Eleusis_%2816177191605%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Overall_view_of_the_Telesterion%2C_the_%22place_for_initiation%22%2C_Eleusis_%2816177191605%29.jpg/375px-Overall_view_of_the_Telesterion%2C_the_%22place_for_initiation%22%2C_Eleusis_%2816177191605%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Overall_view_of_the_Telesterion%2C_the_%22place_for_initiation%22%2C_Eleusis_%2816177191605%29.jpg/500px-Overall_view_of_the_Telesterion%2C_the_%22place_for_initiation%22%2C_Eleusis_%2816177191605%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4841" data-file-height="3215" /></a><figcaption>The Telesterion, the "place for initiation"</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Lucurgan_enclosure_wall_of_the_Sanctuary_of_Demeter_at_Eleusis.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/The_Lucurgan_enclosure_wall_of_the_Sanctuary_of_Demeter_at_Eleusis.jpg/250px-The_Lucurgan_enclosure_wall_of_the_Sanctuary_of_Demeter_at_Eleusis.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/The_Lucurgan_enclosure_wall_of_the_Sanctuary_of_Demeter_at_Eleusis.jpg/375px-The_Lucurgan_enclosure_wall_of_the_Sanctuary_of_Demeter_at_Eleusis.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/The_Lucurgan_enclosure_wall_of_the_Sanctuary_of_Demeter_at_Eleusis.jpg/500px-The_Lucurgan_enclosure_wall_of_the_Sanctuary_of_Demeter_at_Eleusis.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5980" data-file-height="3987" /></a><figcaption>Sanctuary of Demeter (4th c. BC)</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ancient">Ancient</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elefsina&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Ancient"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Eleusis was a <a href="/wiki/Deme" title="Deme">deme</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Attica" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Attica">ancient Attica</a>, belonging to the <a href="/wiki/Phyle" title="Phyle">phyle</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hippotho%C3%B6ntis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hippothoöntis (page does not exist)">Hippothoöntis</a>. It owed its celebrity to its being the chief seat of the worship of <a href="/wiki/Demeter" title="Demeter">Demeter</a> and <a href="/wiki/Persephone" title="Persephone">Persephone</a>, and to the mysteries celebrated in honour of these goddesses, which were called the <i><a href="/wiki/Eleusinian_Mysteries" title="Eleusinian Mysteries">Eleusinia</a></i>, and continued to be regarded as the most sacred of all the Grecian mysteries down to the fall of paganism. </p><p>Eleusis stood upon a height at a short distance from the sea, and opposite the island of <a href="/wiki/Salamis_Island" title="Salamis Island">Salamis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its situation possessed three natural advantages. It was on the road from <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Athens" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Athens">Athens</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Isthmus_of_Corinth" title="Isthmus of Corinth">Isthmus of Corinth</a>; it was in a very fertile plain; and it was at the head of an extensive bay, formed on three sides by the coast of Attica, and shut in on the south by the island of Salamis. The town itself dates from the most ancient times. </p><p>The caves on the coast of Eleusis are home to a mythological place for the Greek world. There is a cave said to be the very spot where Persephone was abducted by Hades himself and the cave was considered a gateway to Tartarus. At the spot of this abduction was a sanctuary (<a href="/wiki/Ploutonion" title="Ploutonion">Ploutonion</a>) dedicated to Hades and Persephone.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Rharian plain is also mentioned in the <i><a href="/wiki/Homeric_Hymn" class="mw-redirect" title="Homeric Hymn">Homeric Hymn</a> to Artemis</i>;<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it appears to have been in the neighbourhood of the city; but its site cannot be determined. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Mythology_and_Proto-history">Mythology and Proto-history</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elefsina&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Mythology and Proto-history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It appears to have derived its name from the supposed advent (ἔλευσις) of Demeter, though some traced its name from an eponymous hero Eleusis.<sup id="cite_ref-Cite_Pausanias|1|38|7_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cite_Pausanias|1|38|7-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was one of the 12 independent states into which Attica was said to have been originally divided.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>"When Athens had only just become Athens, it went to war with another city built thirteen miles away: Eleusis," <a href="/wiki/Roberto_Calasso" title="Roberto Calasso">Roberto Calasso</a> wrote of the ancient provenance of the relationship between temple-city and the <a href="/wiki/Attica" title="Attica">Attic</a> seat of power.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "It was a war usually described as mythical, since it has no date. And it was a theological war, since Athens belonged to <a href="/wiki/Athena" title="Athena">Athena</a> and Eleusis to <a href="/wiki/Poseidon" title="Poseidon">Poseidon</a>. <a href="/wiki/Eumolpus" title="Eumolpus">Eumolpus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Erechtheus" title="Erechtheus">Erechtheus</a>, the founding kings of the two cities, both died in it."<sup id="cite_ref-:0_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It is related that in the reign of <a href="/wiki/Eumolpus" title="Eumolpus">Eumolpus</a>, king of Eleusis, and <a href="/wiki/Erechtheus" title="Erechtheus">Erechtheus</a>, king of Athens, there was a war between the two states, in which the Eleusinians were defeated, whereupon they agreed to acknowledge the supremacy of Athens in everything except the celebration of the mysteries, of which they were to continue to have the management.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eleusis afterwards became an Attic deme, but in consequence of its sacred character it was allowed to retain the title of <i><a href="/wiki/Polis" title="Polis">polis</a></i> (πόλις)<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Cite_Pausanias|1|38|7_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cite_Pausanias|1|38|7-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and to coin its own money, a privilege possessed by no other town in Attica, except Athens. The history of Eleusis is part of the history of Athens. Once a year the great Eleusinian procession travelled from Athens to Eleusis, along the <a href="/wiki/Sacred_Way" title="Sacred Way">Sacred Way</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Eleusinian_Mysteries">Eleusinian Mysteries</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elefsina&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Eleusinian Mysteries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Triptolemus" title="Triptolemus">Triptolemus</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Great_Eleusinian_relief_fragments_Met_14.130.9_n01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Great_Eleusinian_relief_fragments_Met_14.130.9_n01.jpg/200px-Great_Eleusinian_relief_fragments_Met_14.130.9_n01.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="289" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Great_Eleusinian_relief_fragments_Met_14.130.9_n01.jpg/300px-Great_Eleusinian_relief_fragments_Met_14.130.9_n01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Great_Eleusinian_relief_fragments_Met_14.130.9_n01.jpg/400px-Great_Eleusinian_relief_fragments_Met_14.130.9_n01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2390" data-file-height="3450" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Great_Eleusinian_Relief" title="Great Eleusinian Relief">Great Eleusinian Relief</a> (c 430 BC) depicting the ritual of the Mysteries, Athens museum</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Large_relief,_marble,_torso,_Hades_and_Persephone,_100-90_BC,_AM_Eleusis,_081148.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Large_relief%2C_marble%2C_torso%2C_Hades_and_Persephone%2C_100-90_BC%2C_AM_Eleusis%2C_081148.jpg/220px-Large_relief%2C_marble%2C_torso%2C_Hades_and_Persephone%2C_100-90_BC%2C_AM_Eleusis%2C_081148.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Large_relief%2C_marble%2C_torso%2C_Hades_and_Persephone%2C_100-90_BC%2C_AM_Eleusis%2C_081148.jpg/330px-Large_relief%2C_marble%2C_torso%2C_Hades_and_Persephone%2C_100-90_BC%2C_AM_Eleusis%2C_081148.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Large_relief%2C_marble%2C_torso%2C_Hades_and_Persephone%2C_100-90_BC%2C_AM_Eleusis%2C_081148.jpg/440px-Large_relief%2C_marble%2C_torso%2C_Hades_and_Persephone%2C_100-90_BC%2C_AM_Eleusis%2C_081148.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3471" data-file-height="2311" /></a><figcaption>Large relief, Hades and Persephone, 100-90 BC</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bust_of_Eubouleus_(4th_cent._B.C.)_from_Eleusis_at_the_National_Archaeological_Museum_of_Athens_on_15_September_2018.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Bust_of_Eubouleus_%284th_cent._B.C.%29_from_Eleusis_at_the_National_Archaeological_Museum_of_Athens_on_15_September_2018.jpg/200px-Bust_of_Eubouleus_%284th_cent._B.C.%29_from_Eleusis_at_the_National_Archaeological_Museum_of_Athens_on_15_September_2018.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Bust_of_Eubouleus_%284th_cent._B.C.%29_from_Eleusis_at_the_National_Archaeological_Museum_of_Athens_on_15_September_2018.jpg/300px-Bust_of_Eubouleus_%284th_cent._B.C.%29_from_Eleusis_at_the_National_Archaeological_Museum_of_Athens_on_15_September_2018.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Bust_of_Eubouleus_%284th_cent._B.C.%29_from_Eleusis_at_the_National_Archaeological_Museum_of_Athens_on_15_September_2018.jpg/400px-Bust_of_Eubouleus_%284th_cent._B.C.%29_from_Eleusis_at_the_National_Archaeological_Museum_of_Athens_on_15_September_2018.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="5001" /></a><figcaption>Eubuleus (4th c. BC) from Eleusis (Athens Museum)</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Eleusis_(15986825818).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Eleusis_%2815986825818%29.jpg/280px-Eleusis_%2815986825818%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="280" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Eleusis_%2815986825818%29.jpg/420px-Eleusis_%2815986825818%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Eleusis_%2815986825818%29.jpg/560px-Eleusis_%2815986825818%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4928" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption>Roman relief with inscription and wheat decorations from the archeological site</figcaption></figure> <p>Eleusis was the site of the <a href="/wiki/Eleusinian_Mysteries" title="Eleusinian Mysteries">Eleusinian Mysteries</a>, or the Mysteries of <a href="/wiki/Demeter" title="Demeter">Demeter</a> and <a href="/wiki/Persephone" title="Persephone">Kore</a>, which became popular in the Greek-speaking world as early as 600 BC, and attracted initiates during Roman Empire before declining mid-late 4th century AD.<sup id="cite_ref-CurtaHolt2016_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CurtaHolt2016-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These Mysteries revolved around a belief that there was a hope for life after death for those who were initiated. Such a belief was cultivated from the introduction ceremony in which the hopeful initiates were shown a number of things including the seed of life in a stalk of grain. The central <a href="/wiki/Greek_mythology" title="Greek mythology">myth</a> of the Mysteries was Demeter's quest for her lost daughter (Kore the Maiden, or <a href="/wiki/Persephone" title="Persephone">Persephone</a>) who had been abducted by <a href="/wiki/Hades" title="Hades">Hades</a>. It was here that Demeter, disguised as an old lady who was abducted by pirates in <a href="/wiki/Crete" title="Crete">Crete</a>, came to an old well where the four daughters of the local king <a href="/wiki/Keleos" class="mw-redirect" title="Keleos">Keleos</a> and his queen <a href="/wiki/Metaneira" class="mw-redirect" title="Metaneira">Metaneira</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kallidike" class="mw-redirect" title="Kallidike">Kallidike</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kleisidike&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kleisidike (page does not exist)">Kleisidike</a>, <a href="/wiki/Demeter" title="Demeter">Demo</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kallithoe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kallithoe (page does not exist)">Kallithoe</a>) found her and took her to their palace to nurse the son of Keleos and Metaneira, <a href="/wiki/Demophon_of_Eleusis" class="mw-redirect" title="Demophon of Eleusis">Demophoon</a>. Demeter raised Demophoon, anointing him with nectar and ambrosia and placing him at night in the fire in order to endow him with immortality, until Metaneira found out and insulted her. Demeter arose insulted, and casting off her disguise, and, in all her glory, instructed Meteneira to build a temple to her. Keleos, informed the next morning by Metaneira, ordered the citizens to build a rich shrine to Demeter, where she sat in her temple until the lot of the world prayed to <a href="/wiki/Zeus" title="Zeus">Zeus</a> to make the world provide food again. </p><p>The Great Eleusian relief which was famous in antiquity and was copied in the Roman period, is the largest and most important votive relief found and dates to 440-430 BC. It represents the Eleusinian deities in a scene depicting a mysterious ritual. On the left Demeter, clad in a <a href="/wiki/Peplos" title="Peplos">peplos</a> and holding a sceptre in her left hand, offers ears of wheat to Triptolemos, son of Eleusinian king Keleos, to bestow on mankind. On the right Persephone, clad in chiton and mantle and holding a torch, blesses Triptolemos with her right hand. The original marble relief was found at the sanctuary of Demeter, the site of the Eleusinian mysteries. A number of Roman copies also survive.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Greek_and_Roman_History">Greek and Roman History</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elefsina&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Greek and Roman History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Greco-Persian_Wars" title="Greco-Persian Wars">Greco-Persian Wars</a>, the ancient temple of Demeter was burnt down by the <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Persia" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Persia">Persians</a> in 484 BC;<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and it was not until the administration of <a href="/wiki/Pericles" title="Pericles">Pericles</a> that an attempt was made to rebuild it. When the power of the <a href="/wiki/Thirty_Tyrants" title="Thirty Tyrants">Thirty Tyrants</a> was overthrown after the <a href="/wiki/Peloponnesian_War" title="Peloponnesian War">Peloponnesian War</a>, they retired to Eleusis, which they had secured beforehand, but where they maintained themselves for only a short time.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The town of Eleusis and its immediate neighbourhood were exposed to inundations from the river <a href="/wiki/Cephissus_(Athenian_plain)" title="Cephissus (Athenian plain)">Cephissus</a>, which, though almost dry during the greater part of the year, is sometimes swollen to such an extent as to spread itself over a large part of the plain. <a href="/wiki/Demosthenes" title="Demosthenes">Demosthenes</a> (384 – 322 BC) alludes to inundations at Eleusis;<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Pausanias_(geographer)" title="Pausanias (geographer)">Pausanias</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 110</span> – c.<span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 180 AD</span>) has left us only a very brief description of Eleusis;<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>The Eleusinians have a temple of <a href="/wiki/Triptolemus" title="Triptolemus">Triptolemus</a>, another of <a href="/wiki/Artemis" title="Artemis">Artemis</a> Propylaea, and a third of <a href="/wiki/Poseidon" title="Poseidon">Poseidon</a> the Father, and a well called Callichorum, where the Eleusinian women first instituted a dance and sang in honour of the goddess. They say that the Rharian plain was the first place in which corn was sown and first produced a harvest, and that hence barley from this plain is employed for making sacrificial cakes. There the so-called threshing-floor and altar of Triptolemus are shown. The things within the wall of the Hierum [i.e., the temple of Demeter] a dream forbade me to describe.</p></blockquote> <p>Under the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Greece">Romans</a> Eleusis enjoyed great prosperity, as initiation into its mysteries became fashionable among the Roman nobles. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Hadrian" title="Hadrian">Hadrian</a> was initiated into the Mysteries in about 125<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and raised embankments in the plain of the river in consequence of a flood which occurred while he was spending the winter at Athens.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>To the same emperor most likely Eleusis was indebted for a supply of good water by means of the aqueduct, completed in about 160 AD. Apart from satisfying the need for drinking water, it also enabled the construction of public fountains and baths. It was fed by springs in Mount Parnitha and used mainly underground tunnels. It crossed the Thriasian Plain and turned abruptly towards the south at the outskirts of Eleusis. The best visible remains are on the east side of Dimitros Street. </p><p>It was destroyed by <a href="/wiki/Alaric_I" title="Alaric I">Alaric I</a> in 396 AD, and from that time disappears from history. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Monuments">Monuments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elefsina&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Monuments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Roman_bridge_Eleusis.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Roman_bridge_Eleusis.jpg/220px-Roman_bridge_Eleusis.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="171" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Roman_bridge_Eleusis.jpg/330px-Roman_bridge_Eleusis.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Roman_bridge_Eleusis.jpg/440px-Roman_bridge_Eleusis.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1133" data-file-height="881" /></a><figcaption>Roman bridge at Elefsina</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Telesterion" title="Telesterion">Telesterion</a>, or temple of Demeter, was the largest in all Greece,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> and is described by <a href="/wiki/Strabo" title="Strabo">Strabo</a> as capable of containing as many persons as a theatre.<sup id="cite_ref-Strabo_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Strabo-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The building was initially designed by <a href="/wiki/Ictinus" title="Ictinus">Ictinus</a>, the architect of the <a href="/wiki/Parthenon" title="Parthenon">Parthenon</a> at Athens; but it was many years before it was completed, and the names of several architects are preserved who were employed in building it. </p><p>During its long history, the temple underwent subsequent building phases. Much of that visible today is of the Classical era (5th century BC). Its portico of 12 columns was added in the time of <a href="/wiki/Demetrius_Phalereus" class="mw-redirect" title="Demetrius Phalereus">Demetrius Phalereus</a>, about 318 BC, by the architect <a href="/w/index.php?title=Philo_(architect)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Philo (architect) (page does not exist)">Philo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Strabo_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Strabo-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When finished, it was considered one of the four finest examples of Grecian architecture in marble. </p><p>Modifications were also carried out in Roman times (2nd c. AD). </p><p>The Roman bridge that carried the ancient Sacred Way over the <a href="/wiki/Cephissus_(Athenian_plain)" title="Cephissus (Athenian plain)">Kephissus</a> river is visible about 1 km from the Sanctuary of Demeter. The bridge is in very good condition and is an outstanding example of ancient bridge building. It consists of a central 30 m-long main bridge with 4 arches and 10 m-long sloping access on either side. </p><p>The Sacred Way was the main road from Athens and led to Demeter's sanctuary, and was also the road used by the procession every year of the celebration of the Great Mysteries escorting the sacred objects back to Eleusis. Its course is visible in some places and has been accurately traced by rescue excavations and ran parallel to its namesake in the modern city only a few metres to the south. Roadside cemeteries from different periods throughout antiquity are found next to it and prehistoric graves witness its existence by 1600 BC. During the Hellenistic and mainly Roman eras the road was used for the exhibition of wealth and social power, with costly burial monuments being erected all along it. The road was in use until at least the 6th century AD. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Medieval_and_early_Modern_era">Medieval and early Modern era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elefsina&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Medieval and early Modern era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_post-Byzantine_church_of_Hagios_Zaharias_at_Eleusis_on_2_April_2019.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/The_post-Byzantine_church_of_Hagios_Zaharias_at_Eleusis_on_2_April_2019.jpg/220px-The_post-Byzantine_church_of_Hagios_Zaharias_at_Eleusis_on_2_April_2019.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/The_post-Byzantine_church_of_Hagios_Zaharias_at_Eleusis_on_2_April_2019.jpg/330px-The_post-Byzantine_church_of_Hagios_Zaharias_at_Eleusis_on_2_April_2019.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/The_post-Byzantine_church_of_Hagios_Zaharias_at_Eleusis_on_2_April_2019.jpg/440px-The_post-Byzantine_church_of_Hagios_Zaharias_at_Eleusis_on_2_April_2019.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5991" data-file-height="3987" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Early_Christian_art_and_architecture" title="Early Christian art and architecture">Paleo-Christian</a> Church of <a href="/wiki/Zechariah_(Hebrew_prophet)" class="mw-redirect" title="Zechariah (Hebrew prophet)">Agios Zacharias</a>, rumored to be the only one in Greece dedicated to that saint.</figcaption></figure> <p>It is indicative that writers of the <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine era</a> refer to it as a "small village", and shortly before the Ottoman domination the area was deserted by wars, raids and captives. During this period was settled by <a href="/wiki/Arvanites" title="Arvanites">Arvanites</a>. European travelers during the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Greece" title="Ottoman Greece">Ottoman domination</a> described Eleusis as having few inhabitants and many ancient ruins. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Modern_Elefsina">Modern Elefsina</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elefsina&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Modern Elefsina"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kronos_Eleusis.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Kronos_Eleusis.jpg/220px-Kronos_Eleusis.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Kronos_Eleusis.jpg/330px-Kronos_Eleusis.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Kronos_Eleusis.jpg/440px-Kronos_Eleusis.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="832" /></a><figcaption>The old factory of Kronos at the seafront of Elefsina.</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Elefsina_from_Eleusis.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Elefsina_from_Eleusis.jpg/220px-Elefsina_from_Eleusis.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Elefsina_from_Eleusis.jpg/330px-Elefsina_from_Eleusis.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Elefsina_from_Eleusis.jpg/440px-Elefsina_from_Eleusis.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5814" data-file-height="3876" /></a><figcaption>View of the lower area of the town from the hill of the archeological site.</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1829, after the <a href="/wiki/Greek_War_of_Independence" title="Greek War of Independence">Greek War of Independence</a>, Elefsina was a small settlement of about 250 inhabitants. By the late 19th century Elefsina changed drastically as new buildings were erected by the new merchant settlers. Also during that period Eleusis became one of the main industrial centers of the <a href="/wiki/Modern_Greek_state" class="mw-redirect" title="Modern Greek state">Modern Greek state</a> with concrete factory <a href="/wiki/Titan_Cement" title="Titan Cement">TITAN</a>, Charilaou Soap Factory as well as the distilleries of Botrys and Kronos being established in the area.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Arvanitika is still spoken in the village, with the locals qualifying their dialect more "noble" and "refined" than those of rural Arvanites.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many Greek families of <a href="/wiki/Anatolia" title="Anatolia">Asia Minor</a> settled in Elefsina after the <a href="/wiki/Greco-Turkish_War_(1919%E2%80%931922)" title="Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)">1922 Asia Minor Catastrophe</a> and created the settlement of Upper Elefsina, doubling its total population and enriching the region culturally and economically.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Axis_occupation_of_Greece" title="Axis occupation of Greece">Axis occupation of Greece</a> (1941–1945), strong resistance developed within the city, the factories and the military airport, which once stationed Squadron 80, the squadron that <a href="/wiki/Roald_Dahl" title="Roald Dahl">Roald Dahl</a><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was assigned to in the RAF. After <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, workers from all parts of Greece moved to Elefsina to work in the industries in the region. Industrial activity, however, developed anarchically on the antiquities and next to the residential area. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Pollution" title="Pollution">Environmental pollution</a> has taken on large dimensions. During the 20th century, at the time of sustainable development, archaeological discoveries and industrial formation shaped the image of contemporary Eleusis. </p><p>In 1962, a large house of priests from the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Greece">Roman era</a> was discovered. Pollution thanks to citizens' struggles gradually has fallen. </p><p>Today, the city has become a suburb of <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a>, to which it is linked by the <a href="/wiki/A6_motorway_(Greece)" title="A6 motorway (Greece)">A6 motorway</a> and <a href="/wiki/Greek_National_Road_8" title="Greek National Road 8">Greek National Road 8</a>. Eleusis is nowadays a major industrial area, and the place where the majority of crude oil in Greece is imported and refined. The largest refinery is located on the west side of town, right beside where the annual Aeschylia Festival is held in honor of the great tragic poet Aeschylus. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Elefsis_Shipyards" title="Elefsis Shipyards">Elefsis Shipyards</a> is located here. </p><p>There is a <a href="/wiki/Elefsina_Air_Base" title="Elefsina Air Base">military airport</a> a few kilometers east of Elefsina. Elefsina Airfield played a crucial role in the final British evacuation during the 1941 <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Greece">Battle of Greece</a>, as recounted by <a href="/wiki/Roald_Dahl" title="Roald Dahl">Roald Dahl</a> in his autobiography <i><a href="/wiki/Going_Solo" title="Going Solo">Going Solo</a></i>. </p><p>Elefsina is home to the football club <a href="/wiki/Panelefsiniakos_F.C." title="Panelefsiniakos F.C.">Panelefsiniakos F.C.</a>, and the basketball club <a href="/wiki/Panelefsiniakos_B.C." title="Panelefsiniakos B.C.">Panelefsiniakos B.C.</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aeschylia_Festival">Aeschylia Festival</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elefsina&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Aeschylia Festival"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Athens_Festival" class="mw-redirect" title="Athens Festival">Athens Festival</a></div> <p>Established in 1975, the Aeschylia Festival in Eleusis in Western Attica is the currently the longest standing cultural event organized by an <a href="/wiki/Attica_(region)" title="Attica (region)">Attica Municipality</a>. It is held annually at Palaio Elaiourgeio, a former soap factory by the seafront that functions as an open theatre. The festival usually begins at the end of August and runs through September. The event is organized in honor of the <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greece" title="Ancient Greece">ancient Greek</a> <a href="/wiki/Tragedy" title="Tragedy">tragedian</a> <a href="/wiki/Aeschylus" title="Aeschylus">Aeschylus</a>, who was born in Eleusis, and derives its name from him. It includes stage productions, art exhibitions and installations, concerts, and dance events. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elefsina&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Elefsina has a hot-summer <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_climate#Hot-summer_Mediterranean_climate" title="Mediterranean climate">Mediterranean climate</a> (<i>Csa</i>), bordering on a hot <a href="/wiki/Semi-arid_climate" title="Semi-arid climate">semi-arid climate</a> (<i>BSh</i>) for the 1958-2010 period, according to the meteorological station operated by the <a href="/wiki/Hellenic_National_Meteorological_Service" title="Hellenic National Meteorological Service">Hellenic National Meteorological Service</a>. Elefsina is particularly hot during the summer, with an average July maximum of 33.2 °C (91.8 °F). According to Kassomenos and Katsoulis (2006), based on 12 years of data (1990–2001), the industrialization of west <a href="/wiki/Attica_(region)" title="Attica (region)">Attica</a>, where at least 40% of the industrial activity of the country is concentrated, could be the cause of the warm climate of the zone.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 4 June 2024 the <a href="/wiki/WMO" class="mw-redirect" title="WMO">WMO</a> station in the port of Elefsina broke the record for the highest temperature ever recorded in <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a> for the first 10 days of June from the <a href="/wiki/National_Observatory_of_Athens" title="National Observatory of Athens">National Observatory of Athens</a> network. <sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Elefsina Port 10 m a.s.l. </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF7200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.9<br />(76.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF8002; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.8<br />(73.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF6C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.8<br />(78.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF4500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.4<br />(88.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF1C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.4<br />(99.3) </td> <td style="background: #CA0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">45.3<br />(113.5) </td> <td style="background: #D10000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">44.8<br />(112.6) </td> <td style="background: #E00000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">43.7<br />(110.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF1500; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">38.4<br />(101.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF3B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.8<br />(91.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF5500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.1<br />(84.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF850B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.2<br />(72.0) </td> <td style="background: #CA0000; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">45.3<br />(113.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFBE7E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.8<br />(56.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFB367; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.5<br />(59.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.0<br />(64.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF850B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.2<br />(72.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF6700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.5<br />(79.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF4500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.4<br />(88.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF2F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.6<br />(94.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF3200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.1<br />(93.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF5100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.7<br />(85.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF7300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.7<br />(76.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF9327; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.1<br />(68.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFB163; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.8<br />(60.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF7900; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">23.9<br />(75.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFD7B0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.2<br />(50.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFCE9D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.6<br />(52.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFBF80; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.7<br />(56.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFA54B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.5<br />(63.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF8710; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.8<br />(71.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF6600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.7<br />(80.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.0<br />(86.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF5000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.8<br />(85.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF6E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.5<br />(77.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.9<br />(69.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFAB58; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.6<br />(61.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFC993; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.3<br />(54.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF962D; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">19.7<br />(67.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFF0E2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.6<br />(43.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFE8D2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.7<br />(45.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFDDBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.4<br />(48.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFC58C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.8<br />(55.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFA851; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.1<br />(62.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF870F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.9<br />(71.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.3<br />(77.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF6E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.5<br />(77.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF8B17; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.3<br />(70.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFA852; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.0<br />(62.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFC489; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.0<br />(55.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFE1C3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.8<br />(47.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFB367; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">15.5<br />(59.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−2.0<br />(28.4) </td> <td style="background: #E0E0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.1<br />(30.0) </td> <td style="background: #E7E7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.2<br />(32.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFFEFD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.6<br />(40.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC9A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.8<br />(53.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFB872; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.7<br />(58.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF9932; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.3<br />(66.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF962D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.7<br />(67.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFC58B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.9<br />(55.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFE4CA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.3<br />(46.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.5<br />(40.1) </td> <td style="background: #E9E9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.6<br />(33.1) </td> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−2.0<br />(28.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainfall mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #A4FFA4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60.4<br />(2.38) </td> <td style="background: #C8FFC8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.6<br />(1.32) </td> <td style="background: #DAFFDA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.6<br />(0.97) </td> <td style="background: #DFFFDF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.3<br />(0.80) </td> <td style="background: #E2FFE2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.4<br />(0.76) </td> <td style="background: #CCFFCC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.1<br />(1.30) </td> <td style="background: #EEFFEE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.1<br />(0.44) </td> <td style="background: #EFFFEF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.5<br />(0.41) </td> <td style="background: #CDFFCD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.3<br />(1.27) </td> <td style="background: #D3FFD3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.9<br />(1.14) </td> <td style="background: #99FF99; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65.6<br />(2.58) </td> <td style="background: #A9FFA9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57.5<br />(2.26) </td> <td style="background: #CCFFCC; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">397.3<br />(15.63) </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: <a href="/wiki/National_Observatory_of_Athens" title="National Observatory of Athens">National Observatory of Athens</a> Monthly Bulletins (Mar 2016-Apr 2024)<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/World_Meteorological_Organization" title="World Meteorological Organization">World Meteorological Organization</a><sup id="cite_ref-WMO_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WMO-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Elefsina, Greece (1958–2010) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFEEBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.1<br />(55.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFEEBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.6<br />(56.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFCC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.1<br />(61.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.2<br />(68.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.8<br />(78.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.7<br />(87.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF9900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.2<br />(91.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.9<br />(91.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.8<br />(83.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFAA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.3<br />(73.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.6<br />(65.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFEEBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.6<br />(58.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFAA; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">22.6<br />(72.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #EECCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.6<br />(42.1) </td> <td style="background: #EECCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.6<br />(42.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFDDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.3<br />(45.1) </td> <td style="background: #F1F1F1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.4<br />(50.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFCC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.1<br />(59.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.7<br />(67.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFAA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.7<br />(72.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFAA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.7<br />(72.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.0<br />(66.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFEEBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.8<br />(58.6) </td> <td style="background: #F1F1F1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.6<br />(51.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFDDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.4<br />(45.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFEEBB; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">13.4<br />(56.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #B6B6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48.4<br />(1.91) </td> <td style="background: #C1C1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.6<br />(1.48) </td> <td style="background: #C5C5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38.9<br />(1.53) </td> <td style="background: #D6D6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.0<br />(1.02) </td> <td style="background: #E3E3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.2<br />(0.72) </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.0<br />(0.31) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.7<br />(0.22) </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.0<br />(0.20) </td> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.7<br />(0.62) </td> <td style="background: #B8B8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47.3<br />(1.86) </td> <td style="background: #9D9DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63.4<br />(2.50) </td> <td style="background: #A1A1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62.9<br />(2.48) </td> <td style="background: #CFCFFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">377.1<br />(14.85) </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: Hellenic National Meteorological Service<sup id="cite_ref-HNMS_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HNMS-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="European_temperature_record">European temperature record</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elefsina&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: European temperature record"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Until 2021, Elefsina was one of the areas in the <a href="/wiki/Athens_Metropolitan_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Athens Metropolitan Area">Athens Metropolitan Area</a> (the other one was <a href="/wiki/Tatoi_Palace" title="Tatoi Palace">Tatoi</a>) which held the record of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_weather_records#Europe" title="List of weather records">highest ever officially recorded temperature in Europe</a> for 44 years with a reading of 48.0 °C (118.4 °F) on 10 July 1977.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Hospitals_and_medical_centres">Hospitals and medical centres</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elefsina&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Hospitals and medical centres"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_hospitals_in_Greece" title="List of hospitals in Greece">List of hospitals in Greece</a></div> <p>Elefsina has a general hospital the Thriassio General Hospital, located 3.9 km north of the city centre. Administratively, it belongs to the municipal unit of <a href="/wiki/Magoula,_Attica" title="Magoula, Attica">Magoula</a>. In addition, Elefsina has a health center which is located in the centre of the town. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Historical_population">Historical population</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elefsina&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Historical population"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2010_Dimos_Elefsinas.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/2010_Dimos_Elefsinas.svg/220px-2010_Dimos_Elefsinas.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/2010_Dimos_Elefsinas.svg/330px-2010_Dimos_Elefsinas.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/2010_Dimos_Elefsinas.svg/440px-2010_Dimos_Elefsinas.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1199" data-file-height="798" /></a><figcaption>Elefsina municipality within West Attica.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dimos_Elefsinas.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Dimos_Elefsinas.png/220px-Dimos_Elefsinas.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Dimos_Elefsinas.png/330px-Dimos_Elefsinas.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Dimos_Elefsinas.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="266" /></a><figcaption>Elefsina municipal unit.</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Municipal unit</th> <th>Municipality </th></tr> <tr> <td>1981</td> <td>20,320</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991</td> <td>22,793</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001</td> <td>25,863</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011</td> <td>24,901</td> <td>29,902 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021</td> <td>24,971</td> <td>30,147 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elefsina&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Elefsina hosts the multi-sport club <a href="/wiki/Panelefsiniakos_F.C." title="Panelefsiniakos F.C.">Panelefsiniakos</a> with successful sections in football and basketball. Another historical club of Elefsina is <a href="/w/index.php?title=Iraklis_Eleusis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iraklis Eleusis (page does not exist)">Iraklis Eleusis</a>, founded in 1928. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="4">Notable sport clubs based in Eleusis </th></tr> <tr> <th width="150">Club </th> <th>Sports </th> <th>Founded </th> <th>Achievements </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iraklis_Elefsinas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iraklis Elefsinas (page does not exist)">Iraklis Elefsinas</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">Football</a></td> <td>1928</td> <td>Earlier presence in Gamma Ethniki </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Panelefsiniakos_F.C." title="Panelefsiniakos F.C.">Panelefsiniakos</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Panelefsiniakos_F.C." title="Panelefsiniakos F.C.">Football</a></td> <td>1931</td> <td>Earlier presence in A Ethniki </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Panelefsiniakos_B.C." title="Panelefsiniakos B.C.">Basketball</a></td> <td>1969</td> <td>Earlier presence in A1 Ethniki </td></tr> <tr> <td>O.K.E. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">Basketball</a> </td> <td>1996 </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elefsina&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Herma_of_Aeschylus,_Klas08.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Herma_of_Aeschylus%2C_Klas08.jpg/180px-Herma_of_Aeschylus%2C_Klas08.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="266" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Herma_of_Aeschylus%2C_Klas08.jpg/269px-Herma_of_Aeschylus%2C_Klas08.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Herma_of_Aeschylus%2C_Klas08.jpg/359px-Herma_of_Aeschylus%2C_Klas08.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2181" data-file-height="3229" /></a><figcaption>Herma of <a href="/wiki/Aeschylus" title="Aeschylus">Aeschylus</a> (Aischylos). Roman bust from the time around 30 BC after Greek bronze herma from the years 340–320 BC. Naples National Archaeological Museum.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aeschylus" title="Aeschylus">Aeschylus</a> (c. 525 BC/524 BC – c. 456 BC/455 BC), playwright and veteran of the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Marathon" title="Battle of Marathon">Battle of Marathon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodoros_Pangalos_(general)" class="mw-redirect" title="Theodoros Pangalos (general)">Theodoros Pangalos</a> (1878–1952), general</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stelios_Kazantzidis" title="Stelios Kazantzidis">Stelios Kazantzidis</a> (1931–2001), singer</li> <li>Vasilis Laskos (1899–1943), commander of <a href="/wiki/Katsonis-class_submarine" title="Katsonis-class submarine">submarine Katsonis</a>, a hero of the Second World War</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orestis_Laskos" title="Orestis Laskos">Orestis Laskos</a> (1908–1992), director, screenwriter and actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vangelis_Liapis" title="Vangelis Liapis">Vangelis Liapis</a> (1914–2008), scholar and folklorist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodoros_Pangalos_(politician)" title="Theodoros Pangalos (politician)">Theodoros Pangalos</a> (1938– 2023), politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexandros_Kontoulis" title="Alexandros Kontoulis">Alexandros Kontoulis</a> (1858–1933), military officer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ioannis_Kalitzakis" class="mw-redirect" title="Ioannis Kalitzakis">Ioannis Kalitzakis</a> (1966– ), footballer</li> <li>Katerina Mouriki (1951–), children's novelist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panagiotis_Lafazanis" title="Panagiotis Lafazanis">Panagiotis Lafazanis</a> (1951–), politician</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Twin_towns">Twin towns</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elefsina&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Twin towns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_twin_towns_and_sister_cities_in_Greece" title="List of twin towns and sister cities in Greece">List of twin towns and sister cities in Greece</a></div> <p>Elefsina is <a href="/wiki/Twinned_cities" class="mw-redirect" title="Twinned cities">twinned</a> with: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gela" title="Gela">Gela</a>, Italy<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elefsina&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_upper_part_of_one_of_the_caryatids_that_flanked_the_Lesser_Propylaea_of_Eleusis,_made_in_Attica_in_about_50_BC,_Eleusis_Museum_(16172984501).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The upper part of one of the two caryatids that flanked the Lesser Propylaea of the sanctuary of Demeter and Kore at Eleusis."><img alt="The upper part of one of the two caryatids that flanked the Lesser Propylaea of the sanctuary of Demeter and Kore at Eleusis." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/The_upper_part_of_one_of_the_caryatids_that_flanked_the_Lesser_Propylaea_of_Eleusis%2C_made_in_Attica_in_about_50_BC%2C_Eleusis_Museum_%2816172984501%29.jpg/78px-The_upper_part_of_one_of_the_caryatids_that_flanked_the_Lesser_Propylaea_of_Eleusis%2C_made_in_Attica_in_about_50_BC%2C_Eleusis_Museum_%2816172984501%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="78" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/The_upper_part_of_one_of_the_caryatids_that_flanked_the_Lesser_Propylaea_of_Eleusis%2C_made_in_Attica_in_about_50_BC%2C_Eleusis_Museum_%2816172984501%29.jpg/117px-The_upper_part_of_one_of_the_caryatids_that_flanked_the_Lesser_Propylaea_of_Eleusis%2C_made_in_Attica_in_about_50_BC%2C_Eleusis_Museum_%2816172984501%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/The_upper_part_of_one_of_the_caryatids_that_flanked_the_Lesser_Propylaea_of_Eleusis%2C_made_in_Attica_in_about_50_BC%2C_Eleusis_Museum_%2816172984501%29.jpg/156px-The_upper_part_of_one_of_the_caryatids_that_flanked_the_Lesser_Propylaea_of_Eleusis%2C_made_in_Attica_in_about_50_BC%2C_Eleusis_Museum_%2816172984501%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="1972" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The upper part of one of the <a href="/wiki/Caryatids_of_Eleusis" title="Caryatids of Eleusis">two caryatids</a> that flanked the Lesser Propylaea of the sanctuary of <a href="/wiki/Demeter" title="Demeter">Demeter</a> and <a href="/wiki/Persephone" title="Persephone">Kore</a> at Eleusis.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_ruins_of_the_Telesterion_at_the_Sanctuary_of_Demeter_in_Eleusis_on_5_April_2019.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ruins of the Telesterion at the Sanctuary of Demeter in Eleusis with view to the modern town"><img alt="Ruins of the Telesterion at the Sanctuary of Demeter in Eleusis with view to the modern town" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/The_ruins_of_the_Telesterion_at_the_Sanctuary_of_Demeter_in_Eleusis_on_5_April_2019.jpg/120px-The_ruins_of_the_Telesterion_at_the_Sanctuary_of_Demeter_in_Eleusis_on_5_April_2019.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/The_ruins_of_the_Telesterion_at_the_Sanctuary_of_Demeter_in_Eleusis_on_5_April_2019.jpg/180px-The_ruins_of_the_Telesterion_at_the_Sanctuary_of_Demeter_in_Eleusis_on_5_April_2019.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/The_ruins_of_the_Telesterion_at_the_Sanctuary_of_Demeter_in_Eleusis_on_5_April_2019.jpg/240px-The_ruins_of_the_Telesterion_at_the_Sanctuary_of_Demeter_in_Eleusis_on_5_April_2019.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5981" data-file-height="3987" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Ruins of the Telesterion at the Sanctuary of Demeter in Eleusis with view to the modern town</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Eleusis_(16174075392).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Part of the ancient walls"><img alt="Part of the ancient walls" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Eleusis_%2816174075392%29.jpg/120px-Eleusis_%2816174075392%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Eleusis_%2816174075392%29.jpg/180px-Eleusis_%2816174075392%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Eleusis_%2816174075392%29.jpg/240px-Eleusis_%2816174075392%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4928" data-file-height="3264" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Part of the ancient walls</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_ruins_of_the_East_Triumphal_Arch_built_by_Antoninus_Pius_outside_the_Sanctuary_of_Demeter_and_Kore,_Eleusis_(16148912546).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ruins of the East Triumphal Arch by Antoninus Pius, archaeological site"><img alt="Ruins of the East Triumphal Arch by Antoninus Pius, archaeological site" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/The_ruins_of_the_East_Triumphal_Arch_built_by_Antoninus_Pius_outside_the_Sanctuary_of_Demeter_and_Kore%2C_Eleusis_%2816148912546%29.jpg/120px-The_ruins_of_the_East_Triumphal_Arch_built_by_Antoninus_Pius_outside_the_Sanctuary_of_Demeter_and_Kore%2C_Eleusis_%2816148912546%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/The_ruins_of_the_East_Triumphal_Arch_built_by_Antoninus_Pius_outside_the_Sanctuary_of_Demeter_and_Kore%2C_Eleusis_%2816148912546%29.jpg/180px-The_ruins_of_the_East_Triumphal_Arch_built_by_Antoninus_Pius_outside_the_Sanctuary_of_Demeter_and_Kore%2C_Eleusis_%2816148912546%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/The_ruins_of_the_East_Triumphal_Arch_built_by_Antoninus_Pius_outside_the_Sanctuary_of_Demeter_and_Kore%2C_Eleusis_%2816148912546%29.jpg/240px-The_ruins_of_the_East_Triumphal_Arch_built_by_Antoninus_Pius_outside_the_Sanctuary_of_Demeter_and_Kore%2C_Eleusis_%2816148912546%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4928" data-file-height="3264" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Ruins of the East Triumphal Arch by Antoninus Pius, archaeological site</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cuirassed_bust_of_Marcus_Aurelius,_Eleusis_(13945732075).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Cuirassed bust of Marcus Aurelius, archaeological site"><img alt="Cuirassed bust of Marcus Aurelius, archaeological site" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Cuirassed_bust_of_Marcus_Aurelius%2C_Eleusis_%2813945732075%29.jpg/120px-Cuirassed_bust_of_Marcus_Aurelius%2C_Eleusis_%2813945732075%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Cuirassed_bust_of_Marcus_Aurelius%2C_Eleusis_%2813945732075%29.jpg/180px-Cuirassed_bust_of_Marcus_Aurelius%2C_Eleusis_%2813945732075%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Cuirassed_bust_of_Marcus_Aurelius%2C_Eleusis_%2813945732075%29.jpg/240px-Cuirassed_bust_of_Marcus_Aurelius%2C_Eleusis_%2813945732075%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4928" data-file-height="3264" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Cuirassed bust of <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Aurelius" title="Marcus Aurelius">Marcus Aurelius</a>, archaeological site</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Funerary_Proto-Attic_Amphora_with_a_depiction_of_the_blinding_of_Polyphemus_by_Odysseus_and_his_companions,_670-660_BCE,_Eleusis_Museum_(15421822644).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Funerary Proto-Attic Amphora with a depiction of the blinding of Polyphemus by Odysseus and his companions, 670-660 BC, Eleusis Museum"><img alt="Funerary Proto-Attic Amphora with a depiction of the blinding of Polyphemus by Odysseus and his companions, 670-660 BC, Eleusis Museum" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Funerary_Proto-Attic_Amphora_with_a_depiction_of_the_blinding_of_Polyphemus_by_Odysseus_and_his_companions%2C_670-660_BCE%2C_Eleusis_Museum_%2815421822644%29.jpg/120px-Funerary_Proto-Attic_Amphora_with_a_depiction_of_the_blinding_of_Polyphemus_by_Odysseus_and_his_companions%2C_670-660_BCE%2C_Eleusis_Museum_%2815421822644%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Funerary_Proto-Attic_Amphora_with_a_depiction_of_the_blinding_of_Polyphemus_by_Odysseus_and_his_companions%2C_670-660_BCE%2C_Eleusis_Museum_%2815421822644%29.jpg/180px-Funerary_Proto-Attic_Amphora_with_a_depiction_of_the_blinding_of_Polyphemus_by_Odysseus_and_his_companions%2C_670-660_BCE%2C_Eleusis_Museum_%2815421822644%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Funerary_Proto-Attic_Amphora_with_a_depiction_of_the_blinding_of_Polyphemus_by_Odysseus_and_his_companions%2C_670-660_BCE%2C_Eleusis_Museum_%2815421822644%29.jpg/240px-Funerary_Proto-Attic_Amphora_with_a_depiction_of_the_blinding_of_Polyphemus_by_Odysseus_and_his_companions%2C_670-660_BCE%2C_Eleusis_Museum_%2815421822644%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1854" data-file-height="1330" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Funerary Proto-Attic <a href="/wiki/Amphora" title="Amphora">Amphora</a> with a depiction of the blinding of <a href="/wiki/Polyphemus" title="Polyphemus">Polyphemus</a> by <a href="/wiki/Odysseus" title="Odysseus">Odysseus</a> and his companions, 670-660 BC, Eleusis Museum</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; 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title="Kallikratis Programme">2011</a>)</dd> <dt>Capital</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regional unit of <a href="/wiki/Central_Athens_(regional_unit)" title="Central Athens (regional unit)">Central Athens</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dafni-Ymittos" title="Dafni-Ymittos">Dafni-Ymittos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nea_Filadelfeia-Nea_Chalkidona" title="Nea Filadelfeia-Nea Chalkidona">Nea Filadelfeia-Nea Chalkidona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galatsi" title="Galatsi">Galatsi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilioupoli" title="Ilioupoli">Ilioupoli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaisariani" title="Kaisariani">Kaisariani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vyronas" title="Vyronas">Vyronas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zografou" title="Zografou">Zografou</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="8" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Periferia_Attikis.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Periferia_Attikis.png/120px-Periferia_Attikis.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Periferia_Attikis.png/180px-Periferia_Attikis.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Periferia_Attikis.png/240px-Periferia_Attikis.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="679" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regional unit of <a href="/wiki/North_Athens_(regional_unit)" title="North Athens (regional unit)">North Athens</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agia_Paraskevi" title="Agia Paraskevi">Agia Paraskevi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chalandri" title="Chalandri">Chalandri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filothei-Psychiko" title="Filothei-Psychiko">Filothei-Psychiko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irakleio,_Attica" title="Irakleio, Attica">Irakleio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kifissia" title="Kifissia">Kifissia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lykovrysi-Pefki" title="Lykovrysi-Pefki">Lykovrysi-Pefki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marousi" title="Marousi">Marousi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metamorfosi" title="Metamorfosi">Metamorfosi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nea_Ionia" title="Nea Ionia">Nea Ionia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papagou-Cholargos" title="Papagou-Cholargos">Papagou-Cholargos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penteli,_Greece" title="Penteli, Greece">Penteli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vrilissia" title="Vrilissia">Vrilissia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regional unit of <a href="/wiki/West_Athens_(regional_unit)" title="West Athens (regional unit)">West Athens</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agia_Varvara" title="Agia Varvara">Agia Varvara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agioi_Anargyroi-Kamatero" title="Agioi Anargyroi-Kamatero">Agioi Anargyroi-Kamatero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aigaleo" title="Aigaleo">Aigaleo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haidari" title="Haidari">Haidari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilion,_Greece" title="Ilion, Greece">Ilion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peristeri" title="Peristeri">Peristeri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petroupoli" title="Petroupoli">Petroupoli</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regional unit of <a href="/wiki/South_Athens_(regional_unit)" title="South Athens (regional unit)">South Athens</a></th><td 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Keratsini-Drapetsona" title="Keratsini-Drapetsona">Keratsini-Drapetsona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korydallos" title="Korydallos">Korydallos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikaia-Agios_Ioannis_Renti" title="Nikaia-Agios Ioannis Renti">Nikaia-Agios Ioannis Renti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perama" title="Perama">Perama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piraeus" title="Piraeus">Piraeus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regional unit of <a href="/wiki/East_Attica" title="East Attica">East Attica</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acharnes" title="Acharnes">Acharnes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dionysos,_Greece" title="Dionysos, Greece">Dionysos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kropia" title="Kropia">Kropia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lavreotiki" title="Lavreotiki">Lavreotiki</a></li> 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