1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
APATURIA (' \warovpia), an ancient Greek festival held annually by all the Ionian towns except Ephesus and Colophon (Herodotus i. 147). At Athens it took place in the month of Pyanepsion (October to November), and lasted three days, on which occasion the various phratries (i.e. dans) of Attica met to discuss their affairs. The name is a slightly modified form of dTaTOpto = a/iajraropta, 6/uotraTOpta, the festival of "common relationship." The ancient etymology associated it with dirdnj (deceit), a legend existing t…
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