Sunday, April 4, 2010

Hephaisteia

A festival of Hephaestos celebrated with a torch race (Parke, 1977, p. 171; Simon, 1983, p. 53) as well as choruses, processions, and offerings of cattle (Simon, 1983, p. 53).

References

Parke, H. (1986). Festivals of the Athenians. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press.

Simon, E. (1983). Festivals of Attica: An archaeological commentary. Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin Press.

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