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Headword: Ὑδροφορία
Adler number: upsilon,68
Translated headword: Hydrophoria
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
A festival of mourning at Athens for those who died in the flood, according to Apollonius.[1]
Greek Original:
Ὑδροφορία: ἑορτὴ πένθιμος Ἀθήνησιν ἐπὶ τοῖς ἐν τῷ κατακλυσμῷ ἀπολομένοις, ὡς Ἀπολλώνιος.
Notes:
Probably part of several rituals, in the month of Anthesterion, connected with the Flood of Deucalion (delta 283).
cf. Pausanias 1.18.7; Plutarch, Sulla 14.6.
[1] Apollonius of Acharnai [C2 BC] FGrH 365 F4.
Reference:
H.W. Parke, Festivals of the Athenians (London 1977) 117
Keywords: aetiology; definition; historiography; mythology; religion
Translated by: David Whitehead on 13 November 2001@06:22:08.
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David Whitehead (augmented note and keywords) on 10 September 2002@12:09:16.
Catharine Roth (cosmetics, rearrangement, status) on 13 June 2004@16:16:23.
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