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Sam Woodward

DPhil (PhD) Student, Classics, University of Oxford, UK

Sam Woodward has a BA and MPhil in Classics from the University of Cambridge, UK. He is a DPhil (PhD) candidate in Classical Languages and Literature focusing on the relationship between sexuality and philosophy in the dialogues of Plato at the University of Oxford, UK.

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Bas-relief sculpture depicting the three most important figures of the Eleusianian Mysteries: the goddess of agriculture and abundance Demeter, her daughter Persephone, queen of the Underworld, and the Eleusinian hero Triptolemus, in what appears to be a rite. Triptolemus stands in the centre, the two goddesses stand either side.

Rituals and celebrations

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For Plato, rationalists and mystics can walk the same path

Why did such a keen proponent of reason turn to the Eleusinian Mysteries to explain his ideas about knowledge?

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