Mystacoceti, or MYSTICETE

Sub-order of Cetacea, including the Balœnide. The Rorqual and the Green land or Right Whale are examples of this family. See BALEEN-WHALE. Mystagogue. Initiator into ancient Greek mysteries. Mysteries. Religious rites held at various points in the Greek world, particularly at Samothrace and Eleusis; celebrated at night. The secrets there revealed were kept inviolate, although all Greeks were entitled to receive them. No description of them has come down, which indicates how deep a hold they had upon the Greek mind and conscience. We can only gather their general significance from allusions in ancient authors. Mysteri Mysteries. Dramatized stories from the Bible or Apocryphal Books, acted in England 1100-1400. See MIRACLE-PLAYS. Mysticete. See MYSTACOCETI.