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ritual performed to confirm legitimacy of newborn infant |
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"things done" (e.g. ritual actions) |
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"things said" (e.g. prayers, curses, blessings, oaths) |
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traditional oral narrative |
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correct behavior, proper performance of dromena and legomena |
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central square in a town or polis, usually the marketplace |
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Ancestral Apollo, divine ancestor (through his son Ion) of the four original Ionian tribes |
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human being born directly from the earth instead of from sexual union of two parents |
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township or county; in Athens, one of the 139 subdivisions both geographical and also within its own municipal and cultic identity |
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mythical ancestors of the Athenians |
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ancestors of the 10 Athenian tribes created after 508/7 BCE |
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hearth at the center of the household, the deme, and the polis |
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independent city-state, enjoying economic, political, religious autonomy |
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protection from theft or violation; asylum |
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divine "power" or "quality" |
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state of physical, moral, or religious uncleanness |
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distinct tract of land belonging to a deity |
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festival of Aphrodite Pandemos ("uniter of the people") |
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festivals of Zeus Melikhios |
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sacrifice of 100 victims (usually cattle) |
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informal public gathering for the purpose of worship or festival activities |
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all-night ritual celebration |
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Zeus "The Friendly" chthonic snake |
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"favor" given to an individual or deity, for which repayment is expected |
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"I give so that you might give" |
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treasury (usually of dedicated objects) |
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offering in the fulfillment of a vow |
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male ("ox-slayer") responsivle for stunning the victim with an axe |
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("sanctify"), to sacrifice to a ouranian deity |
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sacrifice in which the entire victim is burned |
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basket containing barley and knife |
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male "butcher," sacrificer |
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spit or skewer for roasting meat |
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ritual (female) scream at moment of sacrifice |
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intestines and inner organs of the victim |
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to burn parts of a victim in order for a ouranian deity to share in it |
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"stuff to be cleansed," scapegoat |
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drug, poison, medicine, scapegoat |
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