Historical Notice

Tradition records that the first name given to Eleusis was Saisaria; it received the name of Eleusis, signifying "Advent", as an indication of the end of the wanderings of Demeter.
Who were the first inhabitants of Eleusis? According to the most ancient traditions, Greece must have been inhabited first by Pelasgians, an agricultural people, who migrated, we are told, from a country to the north of Greece, in the heart of the Balkans. [...]