Studies in Greek Religion
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Glossary 1.2
| Part 1 | Akropolis - boulimos |
| Part 2 | Carians - exegetai |
| Part 3 | faux de mieux - lysis kakon |
| Part 4 | makarismos - oschophoroi |
| Part 5 | palaestra - zeugitai |
Greek Deities 1.2
| Olympian Deities |
References:
Abbott-Smith, G., A manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, T & T Clark, Aberdeen, 1964
Buxton, R, Oxford Readings in Greek Religion, OxfordUP, Oxford, 2000
Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, Columbia UP, 2003
Gibbon, J, Athenian Society, Bristol Classical Press, London, 1997
Guinagh, K, Dictionary of Foreign Phrases and Abbreviations, 1965
Harris S.L., & Platzner, G., Classical Mythology, Mayfield, Mountain View, 2001
Neils, J, Worshipping Athena, Panathenaia & Parthenon, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1996
G P Putnam's Sons, The Concise Mythological Dictionary, Peerage Books, London, 1963
Langenscheidts Taschenwortenbuch
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, revised by Sir Henry Stuart Jones and Roderick McKenzie, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1940. Found on line at
Peck, H. T., Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, 1898
Smith, W., A Smaller History of [Ancient] Greece
Principal Athenian Festivals
Bruit Zaidman L., & Schmidt Pantel P. Religion in the Ancient Greek City, trans. Cartledge, P., CambridgeUP, Cambridge, 1992, p.103
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Festival |
Month and day |
Divinity |
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Kronia |
Hekatombaion 12 |
Kronos |
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Synoikia |
Hekatombaion 15-16 |
Athene |
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Panathenaia |
Hekatombaion 21-29 (?) |
Athene |
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Eleusinia |
Metageitnion (?) [4 days] |
Demeter |
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Niketeria |
Boedromion 2 |
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Plataia |
Boedromion 3 |
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Genesia |
Boedromion 5 |
Gê |
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Artemis Agrotera |
Boedromion 6 |
Artemis |
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Demokratia |
Boedromion 12 |
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Eleusinia |
Boedromion 15-17, 19-21 |
Demeter |
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Pyanopsia |
Pyanopsion 7 |
Apollo |
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Theseia |
Pyanopsion 8 |
Theseus |
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Stenia |
Pyanopsion 9 |
Demeter |
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Thesmophoria |
Pyanopsion 11-13 |
Demeter |
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Khalkeia |
Pyanopsion 30 |
Athene |
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Apatouria |
Pyanopsion (?) |
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Oskhophoria |
Pyanopsion (?) |
Athene |
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[Maimakterion] |
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Haloa |
Poseideion 26 |
Demeter |
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Theogamia |
Gamelion 2 |
Hera |
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Anthesteria |
Anthesterion 11-13 |
Dionysos |
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Diasia |
Anthesterion 23 |
Zeus |
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Asklepieia |
Elaphebolion 8 |
Asklepios |
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City Dionysia |
Elaphebolion 10-14 |
Dionysos |
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Delphinia |
Mounikhion 6 |
Apollo |
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Mounikhia |
Mounikhion 16 |
Artemis |
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Olympieia |
Mounikhion 19 |
Zeus |
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Thargelia |
Thargelion 6-7 |
Apollo |
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Bendideia |
Thargelion 19 |
Bendis |
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Plynteria |
Thargelion 25 |
Athene, |
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Arrhetophoria |
Skirophorion 3 |
Athene |
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Skira |
Skirophorion 12 |
Demeter |
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Dipoleia/Bouphonia |
Skirophorion 14 |
Zeus |
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