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To participate in these mysteries one had to swear a vow of secrecy. Four categories of people participated in the Eleusinian Mysteries:
To participate in these mysteries one had to swear a vow of secrecy. Four categories of people participated in the Eleusinian Mysteries:


* Priests, priestesses, and hierophants.Initiates, undergoing the ceremony for the first time.
* Priests, priestesses, and hierophants.
* Others who had already participated at least once.  
* Initiates, undergoing the ceremony for the first time.
* They were eligible for the fourth category.
* Others who had already participated at least once. They were eligible for the fourth category.
* Those who had attained "contemplation", who had learned the secrets of the greatest mysteries of Demeter.
* Those who had attained "contemplation", who had learned the secrets of the greatest mysteries of Demeter.