Votive Pig. Eleusis. The second day of the Mysteries at Athens
(Boedromion 16) was called HALADE MYSTAI (ìseaward, initiates!î),
when each initiate,accompanied by his mystagogos, went to the port of
Phaleron carrying a (live) sacrificial pig for purification.
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