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Headword:
Μεταγειτνιών
Adler number: mu,689
Translated headword: Metageitnion
Vetting Status: high
Translation: The second month amongst Athenians. They sacrifice to
Apollo Metageitnios during it.
Μεταγειτνιών: δεύτερος μὴν παρ' Ἀθηναίοις. ἐν δὲ τούτῳ Ἀπόλλωνι Μεταγειτνίῳ θύουσι.
Notes:
From Harpokration (and
Photius) s.v., commenting on
Hyperides fr. 126 Jensen (and citing
Lysimachides' treatise On the Months at
Athens [FGrH 366 F1] for the second sentence).
On the month Metageitnion (July-August) and the festival of
Apollo Metageitnios ("Changing Neighbors") see in brief Parke 51.
H.W. Parke, Festivals of the Athenians (London 1977)
Keywords: chronology; definition; historiography; religion; rhetoric
Translated by: David Whitehead on 7 December 2000@06:42:56.
Vetted by:William Hutton (cosmetics, augmented note, set status) on 12 September 2003@16:14:18.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics) on 15 September 2003@03:32:07.
David Whitehead (tweaks and cosmetics) on 12 July 2011@06:54:01.
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