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Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Thargelia
Britannica 11thTHARGELIA, one of the chief Athenian festivals in honour of the Delian Apollo and Artemis, held on their birthdays, the 6th and 7th of the month Thargelion (about the 24th and 25th of May). The name, which was derived by the ancients from Okptiv T^V yfjv (" to ...
Vol. 26, pp. 726-727
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Britannica 11th... s and orphans, divorce; in religious matters he superintended the Dionysia, the Thargelia, the processions in honour of Zeus the Saviour and Asclepius. The archon basileus superintended the holy places, the mysteries, the Lampadephoria (Torch race), &c., quest ...
Vol. 2, pp. 444-446
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