The freeway follows the route of the old Sacred Way to Eleusis, fourteen miles through refineries, quarries, and a run-down factory town surrounding the ancient sanctuary. It is so small to have held something to great, even with the added fountains (long gone), stone courtyard, walls and gates added by the Romans.


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As you can probably tell, my recent graduate studies have kept me a little busy. Also, I have been working a little on new designs for my It's All Greek To Me! Gift Shop.

Here's one of the new designs:


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My retelling is loosely based on the Homeric Hymn to Demeter. If you would like to quote it for a paper or webpage, please include a credit to Ellen Brundige © 2007 and a link to Ancient Greece Odyssey!

The Myth of Demeter and PersephoneOf Lady Demeter, goddess of the golden grain, I sing, and her fair-ankled daughter Perspehone whom the ancients ( Read more... )