Meaning of anaktoron | Babel Free
Definitions
A palace that only hierophants were permitted to enter as part of the Eleusinian Mysteries.
Examples
“Most scholars name⟳ the rectangular enclosure anaktoron, locate⟳ in it the throne of the hierophant, and suppose⟳ that from it emanated the central revelation which occurred, in Plutarch's phrase, ‘when the anaktora were opened’. But it is also argued that anaktoron/anaktora refer⟳ always, as they certainly do sometimes, to the whole telesterion.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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