1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
THARGELIA, 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 reap the land "), is more probably connected with Ttpa-rjvcu. (cf. Lat. lorreo, tostus), signifying the produce of the earth " baked " by the sun. Essentially an agricultural festival, the Thargelia included a purifying and expiatory ceremony. While the peopl…
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