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Kykeon (Ancient Gr****: κυκεών,
kykeȏn; from κυκάω, kykáō; "to stir, to mix") was an
Ancient Gr****
drink of
various descriptions. Some were made mainly...
- grains, and
possibly adding other ingredients, for
example sugar.
Kykeon (Gr. κυκεών -
kykeōn, from κυκάω, "to stir, to mix") was an
ancient Gr****
drink made...
- red wine but
accepts a
kykeon made of water, flour, and pennyroyal. Used as a
ritual beverage in the
Eleusinian Mysteries,
kykeon was also a po****r beverage...
- Demeter's
search for ****phone. At some point,
initiates had a
special drink (
kykeon), of
barley and pennyroyal,
which has led to
speculation about its chemicals...
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compounds have been
derived from
ergot ingredients. It has been
posited that
Kykeon, the
beverage consumed by parti****nts in the
ancient Gr****
Eleusinian Mysteries...
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image Chryselephantine sculpture Xoanon Gr****
terracotta figurines Kernos Kykeon Loutrophoros Omphalos Panathenaic amphora Rhyton Sacrificial tripod Sceptre...
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According to some sources, this cup
shows Hecamede mixing kykeon for Nestor.
Tondo of an
Attic red-figure cup, c. 490 BC. From Vulci....
- more
famous ****tails. A well-known '****tail' in
ancient Greece was
named kykeon. It is
mentioned in the
Homeric texts and was used in the
Eleusinian Mysteries...
- for her to
drink red wine and she
instead invents a new
beverage called kykeon to
drink instead. The fact that
Demeter refuses to
drink wine on the grounds...
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stability of the world. This can be
illustrated by the
quote "Even the
kykeon separates if it is not stirred."
According to
Abraham Schoener: "War is...
