A.of Eleusis, h.Cer.266, Hdt.9.57, etc.; epith. of Zeus in Ionia, Hsch.; of Artemis in Sicily and Antioch, Id., Lib. Or.11.109; but mostly of Demeter, Antim.63, etc.; Δηὼ Ἐ. S.Ant. 1120(lyr.); Ἐλευσείνιαι (sic) Demeter and Cora, IG4.955.14(Epid.): hence,
III. Ἐλευσίνια, τά, their festivals, ib.12.5, 22.847.24, Hyp.Fr.112, Paus.4.33.5, etc.: prov., Ἀττικοὶ τὰ Ἐ., of groups of persons confabulating, Duris 95 J.: Lacon. Ἐλευηύνια, τά, IG5(1).213.11 (v B.C.).
IV. Ἐλευσίνιος, ὁ (sc. μήν), name of month in Crete, GDI5183: also spelt “Ἐλευσύνιος” SIG712.8 (Olus), and so in Thera, Test.Epict.2.7,3.3. [σι_, exc. in h.Cer.l.c., S.Ant.1120(lyr.).]
