Mithraeum of Eleusis

In the Sanctuary of Eleusis, a building of Roman times, one of the buildings has been interpreted as a Mithraeum by the archaeologist K. Kourouniotis. It was built in contact with the polygonal enclosure of the Sacred House, at the southern end of the eastern leg of the precinct, because of its peculiar interior, which refers to the typology of the Mithraic places of worship.

It consists of a rectangular room with two large elongated built-in pedestals on the long sides, to which small staircases led. The worshippers sat or lay down on them. On another built pedestal, at the back of the

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