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223:. To commemorate this reconciliation they celebrate a festival called Daidala, because the men of old time gave the name of daidala to wooden images... the Plataeans hold the festival of the Daidala every six years, according to the local guide, but really at a shorter interval. I wanted very much to calculate exactly the interval between one Daedala and the next, but I was unable to do so. In this way they celebrate the feast. 146:, where a wooden sacrificial altar was erected out of square pieces of wood. This was covered with a quantity of dry wood, and the towns, persons of rank, and other wealthy individuals, offered each a heifer to Hera and a bull to Zeus with plenty of wine and incense, while at the same time all of the 89:
went to an ancient oak grove and exposed pieces of cooked meat to ravens, attentively watching upon which tree any of the birds, after taking a piece of meat, would settle. Out of this tree they carved an image, and having it dressed as a bride, they set it on a
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heard the news at once, and at once appeared on the scene. But when she came near the wagon and tore away the dress from the image, she was pleased at the deceit, on finding it a wooden image and not a bride, and was reconciled to
134:; and at its start one wooden figure was chosen from the many that had accumulated through the years and designated the "bride". The wooden figure was prepared as a bride for a wedding, ritually bathed in the 150:
were placed upon the altar. For those who did not possess sufficient means, it was customary to offer small sheep, but all these offerings were immolated in a
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to make an image of wood, and to carry it, wrapped up, in a bullock wagon, and to say that he was celebrating his marriage with
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in the same manner as those of the wealthier persons. The fire consumed both offerings and altar.
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with a bridesmaid beside it. The image seems then to have been drawn to the bank of the river
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The term "daedala" can also be taken as a noun derived from
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of reconciliation that was held every few years in honor of
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Archaeologia Graeca or the Antiquities of Greece, Volume 1
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agrees in the main points with the story related by
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and back to the town, attended by a cheering crowd.
123:, "daidalos" (δαίδαλος) meaning "cunning worker"). 236:The account of the origin of the Daedala given by 377: 304:The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion 368:. Edinburgh: Doig & Stirling. p. 432. 55:, being one of the major cults of the city. 348:A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities 260:(instead of Kithairon), and that he calls 157:This archaic custom was explained with an 327: 321: 284:, "Nature, the inventor of all things". 378: 361: 344: 300: 276:, the famed inventor. In this sense, 355: 351:. London: William Smith. p. 313. 338: 294: 307:. Chatham: Wordsworth. p. 143. 130:was celebrated by all the people of 126:After fourteen of these cycles, the 331:The Description of Greece, Volume 3 252:as receiving his advice to deceive 13: 214:followed the advice of Kithairon. 14: 402: 334:. London: R. Faulder. p. 6. 267: 228:—Pausanias (IX.3 § 1, &c.) 1: 301:Frazer, Jamer George (1993). 287: 43:, consort of the supreme god 386:Festivals in ancient Boeotia 7: 10: 407: 16:For the ancient city, see 15: 186:, and had retreated to 163:or "origin myth" about 171:, which is related by 362:Potter, John (1813). 345:Murray, John (1875). 282:Natura daedala rerum 142:up to the summit of 328:Pausanias (1794). 206:, the daughter of 107:were also called " 391:Festivals of Hera 398: 370: 369: 359: 353: 352: 342: 336: 335: 325: 319: 318: 298: 85:, the people of 406: 405: 401: 400: 399: 397: 396: 395: 376: 375: 374: 373: 360: 356: 343: 339: 326: 322: 315: 299: 295: 290: 270: 144:Mount Cithaeron 72:greater Daedala 62:, there was a " 21: 12: 11: 5: 404: 394: 393: 388: 372: 371: 354: 337: 320: 313: 292: 291: 289: 286: 269: 266: 234: 233: 232: 231: 230: 229: 101:These adorned 83:lesser Daedala 76:Δαίδαλα μεγάλα 64:lesser Daedala 25:Ancient Greece 18:Daedala (city) 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 403: 392: 389: 387: 384: 383: 381: 367: 366: 358: 350: 349: 341: 333: 332: 324: 316: 314:9781853263101 310: 306: 305: 297: 293: 285: 283: 279: 275: 265: 264:, "Daedala". 263: 259: 255: 251: 247: 243: 239: 227: 226: 225: 224: 222: 217: 213: 209: 205: 201: 197: 193: 189: 185: 181: 178: 177: 176: 174: 170: 166: 162: 161: 155: 153: 149: 145: 141: 137: 133: 129: 128:great Daidala 124: 122: 118: 114: 110: 106: 105: 99: 97: 93: 88: 84: 79: 77: 73: 69: 68:Δαίδαλα μικρά 65: 61: 58:According to 56: 54: 50: 46: 42: 38: 34: 30: 26: 19: 364: 357: 347: 340: 330: 323: 303: 296: 281: 271: 268:Other usages 235: 158: 156: 147: 139: 127: 125: 116: 112: 103: 100: 92:bullock cart 82: 80: 75: 71: 67: 63: 57: 32: 28: 22: 258:Alalcomenes 248:represents 380:Categories 288:References 280:speaks of 278:Lucretius 238:Pausanias 173:Pausanias 117:δαιδάλεια 60:Pausanias 274:Daedalus 246:Plutarch 242:Plutarch 152:hecatomb 121:Daedalus 37:festival 35:) was a 31:(Greek: 262:Plataea 204:Plataia 196:Plataea 148:daedala 140:daedala 132:Boeotia 113:δάιδαλα 109:daidala 87:Plataea 81:In the 53:Boeotia 49:Plataea 33:δαίδαλα 29:Daedala 311:  208:Asopus 188:Euboia 160:aition 136:Asopus 96:Asopus 27:, the 256:from 210:. So 104:xoana 51:, in 309:ISBN 254:Hera 250:Zeus 221:Zeus 216:Hera 212:Zeus 200:Zeus 192:Zeus 184:Zeus 180:Hera 169:Zeus 167:and 165:Hera 45:Zeus 41:Hera 115:or 111:" ( 74:" ( 66:" ( 47:at 23:In 382:: 190:. 175:: 317:. 20:.

Index

Daedala (city)
Ancient Greece
festival
Hera
Zeus
Plataea
Boeotia
Pausanias
Plataea
bullock cart
Asopus
xoana
daidala
Daedalus
Boeotia
Asopus
Mount Cithaeron
hecatomb
aition
Hera
Zeus
Pausanias
Hera
Zeus
Euboia
Zeus
Plataea
Zeus
Plataia
Asopus

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