- The
Thesmophoria (Ancient Gr****: Θεσμοφόρια) was an
ancient Gr****
religious festival, held in
honor of the
goddess Demeter and her
daughter ****phone...
- Thesmophoriazousai, lit. 'women
celebrating the
festival of the
Thesmophoria'), or
Women at the
Thesmophoria (sometimes also
called The Poet and the Women), is one...
- Demeters, in
Rhodes and
Sparta The thesmophoroi, "the legislators" in the
Thesmophoria. The
Great Goddesses, in Arcadia. The
mistresses in Arcadia. Karpophoroi...
- "legislator", in ****ociation with the
secret female-only
festival called the
Thesmophoria.
Though Demeter is
often described simply as the
goddess of the harvest...
-
scholiast presents this
narrative element as an
aition for the
ritual at the
Thesmophoria in
which piglets are
thrown into a
sacrificial pit (megara) dedicated...
-
Thesmophoria were the most
widespread festivals and the main
expression of the cult of Demeter,
aside from the
Eleusinian Mysteries. The
Thesmophoria...
-
Italian magna Graeca. The
reformed cult was
based on the Gr****, women-only
Thesmophoria, and was
promoted as
morally desirable for
respectable Roman women, both...
- Mysteries. She also
officiated during lesser festivals, such as the
Thesmophoria and the Haloa. The
office could not have
survived the ban of all non-Christian...
-
sanctuary was
described by
Plato as the
location of the city
Thesmophoria. The
Thesmophoria lasted ten days in Syracuse, in
contrast to the
three days in...
- the
Thesmophoria 466–764 with n. 466. Aristophanes,
Acharnians 325-340. Aristophanes,
Acharnians 410-490. Aristophanes,
Women at the
Thesmophoria 688–764...
