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The Religious Calendar
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(October)This month celebrated the greatest number of festivals.
On the 7th took place the Pyanopsia, a feast in honor of Apollo. This was connected with sowing, and was accompanied by an odd and ancient ritual. The god was offered a dish of beans and other vegtables, all mingled with weaten flour; a special branch of olive, the eiresione, was then carried in a procession, wrapped in wool and filled with first-fruits -clearly a talisman- while cheerful boys sang:
A small pot of honey, and oil to anoint it,
A cup of neat wine to befuddle and lull it.'
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Where ae all the sheep? (* Pythagoras Curius, Oct 28, 2007 - 09:37 ) PYANOPSION_ (* Helen Ariston, Oct 15, 2007 - 08:52 ) Chalkeia (* Reylari Socrates, Feb 26, 2005 - 05:12 ) Apaturia (* Reylari Socrates, Feb 26, 2005 - 05:07 ) Thesmophoria (* Reylari Socrates, Feb 26, 2005 - 05:00 ) Oschophoria (* Reylari Socrates, Feb 26, 2005 - 04:46 )|
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