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Headword: Ἑκατομβαιών
Adler number: epsilon,366
Translated headword: Hekatombaion, Hecatombaeum
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
An Athenian month. This one took its name from the fact that many hecatombs[1] were sacrificed in this month.
Greek Original:
Ἑκατομβαιών: μὴν Ἀθηναῖος. ἐκλήθη δὲ οὗτος ἀπὸ τοῦ πλείστας ἑκατόμβας θύεσθαι τῷ μηνὶ τούτῳ.
Notes:
Abridged from Harpokration s.v., citing Hyperides fr.237 Jensen.
The first month of the Athenian year, which began in midsummer.
[1] Literally, hundred-victim offerings.
References:
H.W. Parke, Festivals of the Athenians (London 1977) chap.1, esp p.33
W.K. Pritchett, The Greek State at War vol.3 (Berkeley and Los Angeles 1979) 164-5
Keywords: aetiology; chronology; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; religion; rhetoric; zoology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 30 October 2000@08:04:44.
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