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January or
February full moon. The
three days of the
feast were
called Pithoigia, Choës, and Chytroi. The
festival celebrated the
beginning of spring,...
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which pithos was
rendered pyxide, and she
linked the
pithos with the
Pithoigia aspect of the
Athenian festival of Anthesteria. Cf. Verdenius, p. 64....
- Jane Ellen,
Prolegomena to the
Study of Gr**** history,
Chapter II, "The
Pithoigia", pp. 42–43. Cf. also
Figure 7
which shows an
ancient Gr**** pot painting...
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festival that
celebrated the
beginning of spring. It
spanned three days:
Pithoigia (Πιθοίγια, "Jar-Opening"),
Choes (Χοαί, "The Pouring") and
Chythroi (Χύτροι...
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suggests that it in fact
happened on the
first day of the
festival ("
Pithoigia").
Ludwig Deubner has
proposed a full
reconstruction of the ceremony,...
- at the Proerosia, the Thargelia, the Pyanospia, the
Thalysia and the
Pithoigia.
These offerings were made to ask for help in the
production of crops...
