Pandia

PANDEIA (Pandia) was a daughter of the sky-god Zeus and the moon-goddess Selene. She was perhaps the goddess of the full moon (panselênê in Greek), the earth-nourishing dew (hersê) or youth. Several other writers mention a daughters of Zeus and Selene named Ersa (Dew) and Nemeia. It is not clear...

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Pandia

Her yıl Munykhion ayının 19'unda Zeus ve ay tanrıçası onuruna kutlanan Attika festivali.

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Pandia

An Athenian festival established by Pandion, in honour of Jupiter. It was celebrated soon after the Dionysia.

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Pandia

Sthenia

Zeus Sthenius onuruna kutlanan Yunan festivali.

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Sthenia

STHE′NIA (σθένια), a festival with contests celebrated by the Argives in honour of Zeus surnamed Sthenius, who had an altar consisting of a large rock in the neighborhood of Hermione. Plutarch states that the πάλη or wrestling, which formed a part of the contests at this festival, was accompanied...

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Sthenia

Lupercalia

Lupercalia was an ancient, possibly pre-Romanpastoral annual festival, observed in the city of Romebetween February 13 and February 15, to avert evil spirits and purify the city, releasing health and fertility.

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Lupercalia

Roma'da Şubat ayında yapılan bayram, kentin temizlenmesini ve doğurganlık güçlerinin pekişmesini sağlıyordu.

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Lupercalia

Nemoralia

Tanrıça Diana (Artemis) onuruna düzenlenen festival. Meşaleler Festivali olarak da bilinir. Her yılın Ağustos ayında düzenlenir. 

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Nemoralia

The Nemoralia (also known as the Festival of Torches) is a three-day festival originally celebrated by the ancient Romans on the Ides of August (August 13–15) in honor of the goddess Diana. Although the Nemoralia was originally celebrated at the Sanctuary of Diana at Lake Nemi, it soon became mor...

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Nemoralia

Festivals celebrated in honour of Diana, who presided over woods and forests.

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Nemoralia

Oskhophoria

The Oskhophoria was a separate ceremony held on the same day as the Pyanepsia honored Dionysos and Athena Skira who protects the grape harvest.  The  celebration consisted mainly of a procession from a now unknown temple of Dionysos to the temple of Athena Skiras (at Phaleron).  Two young males d...

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Oskhophoria

Yunanistan'ın pek çok kentinde Pyanepsion ayında, Dionysos ve Ariadne veya Dionysos ve Athena onuruna kutlanan, bağbozumu festivali.

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Oskhophoria

Quinquatria

Roma'da Tanrıça Minerva onuruna her yıl 19 Mart'ta kutlanan festival. Festival beş gün sürer, ilk gün kan dökülmezdi. Daha sonraki günlerde ise gladyatör dövüşleri düzenlenirdi. Minerva onuruna düzenlenen bir başka festival ise Quinquatrus Minores adı verilen festivaldir. Bu festival Haziran ayın...

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Quinquatria

Quinquatrus or Quinquatria. Roman Festivals of Minerva, celebrated on the 19th of March. They lasted five days; on the first no blood was shed, but on the last four there were contests of gladiators. Another festival called Quinquatrus minores, also in honour of Minerva, was celebrated on the ide...

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Quinquatria

Minervalia

Minervalia, Roman festivals celebrated in January and March, in honour of Minerva, sometimes called Quinquatria. During this period scholars obtained relaxation from their studies, and generally gave presents to their tutors, which were called minervales, in honour of Minerva, the patroness of li...

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Minervalia

Hellanodikai

Yunanistan'da Olimpiyat Oyunlarında hakem olarak görev yapan Elisli görevliler. Dürüstlük kurallarını uygulamalarıyla ünlenmişlerdi. Ayrıca şampiyonlara taç ve palmiye dalı verme onuru da hellanodikosa aitti. Elis'in egemen ailelerinden seçilen hakemler Olimpiyat Oyunları'nda yer alan yarışma pro...

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Hellanodikai

Hellanodikai, Elean officials who served as judges of the Olympic Games and who became well known for enforcing laws of fairness. They also had the honour of presenting the crowns and palm branches to the champions. Selected from the ruling families of Elis, the judges served for only one program...

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Hellanodikai

Daidala

Tanrıça Hera onuruna Kithairon Dağı'nda düzenlenen şenlik. Bu şenlik sırasında Hera'nın tahta bir tasviri önce gelin gibi giydirilerek taşınır, ardından gene Hera'ya kurban edilmiş hayvanlar ve odundan bir sunakla birlikte yakılırdı. Zeus'un, kendisinden uzaklaşan Hera'yı böyle bir tasvirle kıska...

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Daidala

The Daidala was an ancient Greek festival celebrated in the city of Plataiai in Boiotia during Archaic and Classical times in honor of the goddess Hera, the wife of Zeus. Once again, our main source of information about this festival is Pausanias’s Guide to Greece. According to Pausanias, as part...

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Daidala

Bacchanalia

Yunan ve Roma dininde, şarap tanrısı Bacchus (Dionysos) ile ilgili şenliklere verilen ad. En ünlü Dionysia şenlikleri Attika'da düzenlenirdi. Yalın ve eski ayinlerden oluşan küçük Dionysia, bir geçitle tiyatro gösterilerinin yer aldığı Lenaia, özünde bir içki şöleni olan Anthesteria, hepsinin en ...

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Bacchanalia

Bacchanalia, also called Dionysia, in Greco-Roman religion, any of the several festivals of Bacchus (Dionysus), the wine god. They probably originated as rites of fertility gods. The most famous of the Greek Dionysia were in Attica and included the Little, or Rustic, Dionysia, characterized by si...

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Bacchanalia

Severeia

Games in honor of Septimius Severus.

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Severeia

Septimius Severus şerefine yapılan oyunlar.

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Severeia