Question

After participants in this event crossed a river, a yellow ribbon was tied to their right hands and left legs. “Things done,” “things shown,” and “things said” made up this event’s “unrepeatables.” Participants in this event made dirty jokes in honor of Iambe during a procession along the Sacred Way. (0[1])Ergot may have been in the drink (0[1])of kykeon (0[1])consumed (0[1])in the Telesterion (20[1])during this event. The “Lesser” of these events occurred in March, and the “Greater” of them (20[1])in October. “An ear of (*) grain” was (0[1])“cut in silence” during this event to honor the return of a goddess (10[1]0[1])after she ate four pomegranate (10[1]0[1])seeds. (10[1]0[10])This event (10[1]0[1])re-enacted (0[2])the (0[1])abduction of Persephone. (0[1])For 10 points, name these enigmatic (10[1])initiations held (10[1])by the cult of Demeter. (10[2]0[3]) (10[9]0[10])■END■

ANSWER: Eleusinian Mysteries [or Eleusínia Mystḗria; prompt on mysteries before mention]
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Summary

2023 PACE NSC06/10/2023Y3456%6%0%113.68

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