Michael B. Cosmopoulos is Professor of Archaeology and holder of the endowed Chair in Greek Studies at the University of Missouri, St Louis. He has published fifteen books and over one hundred scholarly papers on Greek archaeology, history and religion. He has excavated at several sites in Greece, including Mycenae, Epidaurus, Corinth, Ithaca, Oropos, Pylos and Eleusis. Currently he is the director of the excavations at Iklaina. He has received numerous research and teaching awards, including the Rh Award for Outstanding Contributions to Social Sciences and the Humanities and the Archaeological Institute of America Award for Excellence in Teaching. He is a National Geographic Society Explorer and a Fellow of the Academy of Science St Louis.

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• Introduction; Part I. Myth and Cult: 1. Myths and legends; 2. The theology of Demeter at Eleusis; Part II. The Site and its Exploration: 3. Landscape and environment; 4. The exploration of Eleusis; Part III. The Archaeology and Monuments of Eleusis: 5. Early Bronze Age; 6. Middle Bronze Age; 7. Early Mycenaean; 8. The period of the palaces (LH IIIA2 to LH IIIB); 9. The post-palatial period; 10. The post-Bronze Age history of the Sanctuary; Part IV. The Origins and Early Development of the Eleusinian Mysteries: 11. Theories about the origins of the Mysteries; 12. The origins and early development of the Eleusinian Mysteries.

Michael B. Cosmopoulos is Professor of Archaeology and holder of the endowed Chair in Greek Studies at the University of Missouri, St Louis. He has published fifteen books and over one hundred scholarly papers on Greek archaeology, history and religion. He has excavated at several sites in Greece, including Mycenae, Epidaurus, Corinth, Ithaca, Oropos, Pylos and Eleusis. Currently he is the director of the excavations at Iklaina. He has received numerous research and teaching awards, including the Rh Award for Outstanding Contributions to Social Sciences and the Humanities and the Archaeological Institute of America Award for Excellence in Teaching. He is a National Geographic Society Explorer and a Fellow of the Academy of Science St Louis.

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• Introduction; Part I. Myth and Cult: 1. Myths and legends; 2. The theology of Demeter at Eleusis; Part II. The Site and its Exploration: 3. Landscape and environment; 4. The exploration of Eleusis; Part III. The Archaeology and Monuments of Eleusis: 5. Early Bronze Age; 6. Middle Bronze Age; 7. Early Mycenaean; 8. The period of the palaces (LH IIIA2 to LH IIIB); 9. The post-palatial period; 10. The post-Bronze Age history of the Sanctuary; Part IV. The Origins and Early Development of the Eleusinian Mysteries: 11. Theories about the origins of the Mysteries; 12. The origins and early development of the Eleusinian Mysteries.

Michael B. Cosmopoulos is Professor of Archaeology and holder of the endowed Chair in Greek Studies at the University of Missouri, St Louis. He has published fifteen books and over one hundred scholarly papers on Greek archaeology, history and religion. He has excavated at several sites in Greece, including Mycenae, Epidaurus, Corinth, Ithaca, Oropos, Pylos and Eleusis. Currently he is the director of the excavations at Iklaina. He has received numerous research and teaching awards, including the Rh Award for Outstanding Contributions to Social Sciences and the Humanities and the Archaeological Institute of America Award for Excellence in Teaching. He is a National Geographic Society Explorer and a Fellow of the Academy of Science St Louis.

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• Introduction; Part I. Myth and Cult: 1. Myths and legends; 2. The theology of Demeter at Eleusis; Part II. The Site and its Exploration: 3. Landscape and environment; 4. The exploration of Eleusis; Part III. The Archaeology and Monuments of Eleusis: 5. Early Bronze Age; 6. Middle Bronze Age; 7. Early Mycenaean; 8. The period of the palaces (LH IIIA2 to LH IIIB); 9. The post-palatial period; 10. The post-Bronze Age history of the Sanctuary; Part IV. The Origins and Early Development of the Eleusinian Mysteries: 11. Theories about the origins of the Mysteries; 12. The origins and early development of the Eleusinian Mysteries.