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*lafri/a
Adler number: alpha,4029
Translated headword: Artemis Laphria
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [no gloss]
Greek Original:*)/artemis *lafri/a.
Note:
Artemis Laphria (cf.
beta 26 and
beta 37, from one or the other of which the present entry derives) was worshipped at
Patrai, in Achaia, during the festival known as the Laphria. During the ceremonies a priestess would enter in a procession in a chariot pulled by deer. The holocaust sacrifice included wild animals which were not usually sacrificed, such as deer, boar and wolves. See
Pausanias 7.18.8-13 (web address 1).
References:
Le Sacrifice dans L'Antiquité, Entretiens Hardt 27 (1981) 243-77
W. Burkert, Greek Religion (1985) 27, 62-3, 120
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: geography; mythology; religion; zoology
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 5 April 2001@23:25:29.
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