CLST 100 Lecture Notes - Attic Calendar, Cornucopia, Triptolemus

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLST 100
• Professor: Christina Zaccagnino

Document Summary

King archon overseer of the mysteries; had power in all religious matters. Hierophantes (revealer of holy things) from eumolpidai family. Open to men, women, youth and even slaves. Those polluted by bloodguilt were not allowed. Some messengers went to the greek cities to announce the incoming ritual and ask for a truce of 55 days. Boedremion 14: the sacred objects were moved to athens, in the athenian. The ephebes (epheboi youths 18 or 19 years old) escorted the sacred objects (hiera) Boedremion 15: people met in the agora and were invited to take part of the. Mysteries, except those who couldn"t speak greek, those who had committed homicides or those who were impure. People went to phaleron, washed themselves in the sea, and sacrificed a piglet. Boedremion 19 or 20: after the other rituals the procession moved to. People brought myrtle branches (bakkhoi), a walking stick and a sack.