This is a walkthrough for "The Eleusinian Miseries" by Mike Russo, as entered into the 2020 IF Comp.  The walkthrough, as is the way of such things, will get you to the end of the game, but only sees one of the endings and few of the jokes (though depending on your point of view, that may be more of a feature than a bug).  It's likely better to use the in-game hints, accessed via HELP, which include exact solutions, and use this walkthrough as a last resort.


[[Part I -- The Undercroft]]
 
ASK ALKY ABOUT TORCH

[[Getting the knife]]

SCRATCH ITCH
X OBJECT

[[Getting the amphora and Krater of the East]]

W
CUT ROPE
TAKE ROPE
TAKE AMPHORA
E
S
X KRATERS
TIE ROPE TO KRATER
PULL ROPE

[[Finding water, obtaining the barley]]

U
SE
FILL AMPHORA WITH WATER
TAKE BARLEY

[[Last, the pennyroyal]]

NW
D
N
E
E
E
E
S
SMELL HERBS
TAKE PENNYROYAL
N
U
[ENTER]

[[Part II -- The Initiation]]

[[First stage: blooey and Mighty Potnia]]

S
SMELL PEPPER
N
E
ASK PUFFY ABOUT RITUAL
Z
SAY BLOOEY
Z
SAY MIGHTY POTNIA

[[Second stage: keeping quiet]]

W
WASH NOSE
E
YES
Z
Z
Z
Z

[[Third stage: divine hilarity]]

W
N
TAKE TAM
WEAR IT
TAKE SANDALS
WEAR THEM
TAKE BOA
WEAR IT
S
E
YES
TELL JOKE
G
G
DANCE

[[Fourth stage: staying awake through the vigil]]

W
S
TAKE TOOTHPICK
PUT TOOTHPICK IN EYE
ASK ALKY ABOUT MACHON
N
E
PRAY
[ENTER]

[[Part III -- Departing Eleusis]]

[[Getting Puffy off the roof]]

N
SMOKE HIVE
TAKE BRANCH
U

[[Calming Hippy]]

TAKE HONEYCOMB
E
TAKE ROPE
S
X FOOD
TAKE FOOD
N
W
W
PET HIPPY
WHISPER TO HIPPY
SHOW FOOD TO PIG
PIG, EAST
G
THROW PLATE SOUTH

[[Fixing the chariot]]

W
W
S
TRIM BRANCH
PUT HONEY ON BRANCH
PUT WHEEL ON TABLE
PUT BRANCH ON WHEEL
PUT WHEEL ON CHARIOT
TIE BOA TO CHARIOT
TIE ROPE TO CHARIOT
[ENTER] 

[[Driving to Athens]]

WAKE PUFFY
STEER LEFT
WARN MACHON
TELL PUFFY ABOUT HERMS
[ENTER]

[[Part IV -- Finale]]

OPEN DOOR
YES
[ENTER] 
[ENTER]
[ENTER]