
Richard Seaford on the Mysteries
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The Mystic Initiation of the Lusus
There are allusions to the presence of mystic initiation he may not reveal very much but this shows you what the situation is. Large numbers of Athenians were initiated it was a civic festival it was important for the well-being of the community and yet it was secret. In that situation it's not going to be that secret things will emerge another kind of revelation of the mysteries in Clement of Alexandria who's a Christian father. He thought well I'm at liberty now because I'm a Christian to reveal all this nonsense that I went through when I was initiated a lusus so he does that.
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