After almost fifty years of study of Greek antiquity, Frank Teichmann has succeeded in his last work in giving the reader a comprehensive understanding of the world of the Greek mysteries and their three sites: Ephesus, Eleusis, and Samothrace. The Greek culture as the source of our contemporary culture; from the Egyptian to the Greek mysteries; the beginning: the Mysteries of Ephesus; the Temple of Artemis of Ephesus; the Artemis of the Greeks; Artemis-Ephesia and the Small Mysteries of Ephesus; small excursus to Egypt; the Great Mysteries of Ephesus; Heraclitus of Ephesus; the flower: the Mysteries of Eleusis; the Small Mysteries of Eleusis; the Great Mysteries of Eleusis; Plato and the Mysteries of Eleusis; the fruit: the Mysteries of Samothrace; Aristotle and the Mysteries of Samothrace.