page_title: Sacred Way
hierarchical_section_title: Sacred Way
caption_attribution_description: English: Boundary marker delineating the limits of the Sacred Way in Athens, ca. 520 BC. At the end of the 5th century BC, the original inscription was replaced by the words: ΗΟΡΟΣ ΤΕΣ ΟΔΟ ΤΕΣ ΕΛΕΥΣΙΝΑΔΣΙ, "Boundary stone of the road to Eleusis". Français&#160;: Borne marquant la limite de la Voie Sacrée à Athènes. À la fin du Ve s. a. C. l'inscription originale est remplacée par les mots: ΗΟΡΟΣ ΤΕΣ ΟΔΟ ΤΕΣ ΕΛΕΥΣΙΝΑΔΣΙ, «Borne de la route d'Éleusis&#160;». Vers 520 a. C. Lit de l'Éridanos. Musée archéologique du Céramique. Italiano: Pietra di confine della via eleusina, 520 a.C. Esposta nel cortile interno coperto del Museo archeologico del Ceramico (Atene). Español: Piedra que delimitaba la via eleusina, 520 a.C. A finales del siglo V a. C. la inscripción original fue reemplazada por la que se lee hoy: ΗΟΡΟΣ ΤΕΣ ΟΔΟ ΤΕΣ ΕΛΕΥΣΙΝΑΔΣι "Límite del camino que va a Eleusis". Expuesta en el patio interior cubierto del Museo Arqueológico del Cerámico (Atenas).
context_page_description: The Sacred Way, in ancient Greece, was the road from Athens to Eleusis. It was so called because it was the route taken by a procession celebrating the Eleusinian Mysteries. The procession to Eleusis began at the Sacred Gate in the Kerameikos on the 19th Boedromion.
  In the present day, the road from central Athens to Aegaleo and Chaidari is called the Iera Odos after the ancient road.
context_section_description: The Sacred Way (Ancient Greek: Ἱερὰ Ὁδός, Hierá Hodós), in ancient Greece, was the road from Athens to Eleusis. It was so called because it was the route taken by a procession celebrating the Eleusinian Mysteries. The procession to Eleusis began at the Sacred Gate in the Kerameikos (the Athenian cemetery) on the 19th Boedromion.
  In the present day, the road from central Athens to Aegaleo and Chaidari (the old route to Eleusis) is called the Iera Odos after the ancient road.
caption: Boundary stone of the Sacred Way, ca. 520 BC
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