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Anaktoron

In the secret rites of the Eleusinian mysteries, held within the Telesterion, the Anaktoron ("palace") was a small, rectangular stone building within the Telesterion itself. Only hierophantes[?] were allowed to touch it. Inside, the sacred objects of Demeter were kept.

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