- of the same
month names were in use,
namely Thargelion, Metageitnion,
Boedromion and Pyanepsion, and the last of
these even
occupied the same position...
- morning. That day (22nd
Boedromion), the
initiates honoured the dead by
pouring libations from
special vessels. On the 23rd of
Boedromion, the
mysteries ended...
- the
Sacred Gate in the
Kerameikos (the
Athenian cemetery) on the 19th
Boedromion. In the
present day, the road from
central Athens to
Aegaleo and Chaidari...
- a
temple of Artemis-Agrotera. (huntress) On the 6th day of the
month Boedromion, an
armed procession would take a
large number of
goats to the temple...
- Date 10
September 490 BC (6
Boedromion)
Location Marathon,
Greece 38°07′05″N 23°58′42″E / 38.11806°N 23.97833°E / 38.11806; 23.97833
Result Gr**** victory...
- to the
procession as ἐξαγόντων Ἴακχον (“leading out Iacchus”). On 19
Boedromion (probably), the
statue of
Iacchus was
taken from its
temple and carried...
-
democratic governance to Athens. The
Athenians held
sacrifices annually on 12
Boedromion, the
anniversary of the victory. R.J. Buck,
Thrasybulus and the Athenian...
- Βοηδρόμια) was an
ancient Gr****
festival held at
Athens on the 7th of
Boedromion (summer) in the
honor of
Apollo Boedromios (the
helper in distress). Though...
-
resembling the
modern custom of trick-or-treating,
during the
month of
Boedromion, the
children on the Gr****
island of
Rhodes would go out
dressed as swallows...
-
overcome the
Amazons in
their battle,
which took
place on the
seventh of
Boedromion, the day the
Boedromia were
later commemorated.
Others claim that the...
