Greek Mythology Notes
An encyclopaedia of Greek mythology — gods, heroes, creatures, places, and the English words they gave us.
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Eleutherae
A border town between Attica and Boeotia where the cult of Dionysus first entered Athens.
The annual procession bringing Dionysus's image from Eleutherae to Athens was the ritual origin of the theatrical festivals that produced Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides.
eleuthero- (freedom prefixrare)