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however months 1, 2, 7, and 8 (Hekatombaiōn, Metageitniōn, Gameliōn, and
Anthesteriōn) are also
attested as
being doubled.
Various cycles were in existence...
- Dionysus. It was held each year from the 11th to the 13th of the
month of
Anthesterion,
around the time of the
January or
February full moon. The
three days...
- 47th year of the
first Callippic cycle (283 BC), when on the
eighth of
Anthesterion, the
Pleiades star
cluster was
occulted by the Moon. The
Callippic calendar...
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agricultural communities. In Athens, the
mysteries celebrated in the
month of
Anthesterion were
dedicated to her. The city of
Locri Epizephyrii, in
modern Calabria...
- a rule once a year in the
early spring in the
month of flowers, the
Anthesterion,"
while "the
Greater Mysteries were held once a year and
every fourth...
-
comedies The Anthesteria, held
annually for
three days in the
month of
Anthesterion,
concentrated on
celebrating the
maturation of the
previous year's vintage...
- Ποσειδεών) December–January 7 Gameliṓn Γαμηλιών January–February 8
Anthesteriṓn Ἀνθεστηριών February–March 9 Elapheboliṓn Ἐλαφηβολιών March–April...
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Poseideon Ποσειδεών November–December
Gamelion Γαμηλιών December–January
Anthesterion Ἀνθεστηριών January–February
Elaphebolion Ἐλαφηβολιών February–March...
- due to the
Lesser Mysteries,
celebrated every year
during the
month of
Anthesterion (February–March) as a form of
initiation of the
Great Eleusinian Mysteries...
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annually for
three days, the
eleventh to
thirteenth of the
month of
Anthesterion (the January/February full moon); it was
preceded by the Lenaia. At the...
