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A panegyris (Ancient Greek: πανήγυρις "gathering"), is an Ancient Greek general, national or religious assembly. [1] [2] Each was dedicated to the worship of a particular god. It is also associated with saint days and holy festivals. [3]
You've heard of the Panegyri Greek Festival. But step inside that church on Winton Road, look up, and you'll be amazed. These church walls depict Biblical scenes in 6 million tiny pieces, 50 years ...
Title page of the Panegyric of Leonardo Loredan (1503), created in honour of Leonardo Loredan, 75th Doge of Venice, now in the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore. A panegyric (US: / ˌ p æ n ɪ ˈ dʒ ɪ r ɪ k / or UK: / ˌ p æ n ɪ ˈ dʒ aɪ r ɪ k /) is a formal public speech or written verse, delivered in high praise of a person or thing. [1]
Pamboeotia (Ancient Greek: Παμβοιώτια) was a major festive panegyris of all the Boeotians, celebrated probably annually.The grammarians compare the Pamboeotia with the Panathenaea of the Atticans, and the Panionia of the Ionians. [1]
In the course of time, the celebration of this ancient panegyris in Delos ceased, and it was not revived until the sixth year of the Peloponnesian War, in Olympiad 88 year 3 (426 BC), after the Athenians had expiated the Island of Delos, removing all the contents of their graves there to Rheneia, and ordaining that henceforth nobody should ...
In classical antiquity the god Pan was often venerated in caves. In the present these caves are often referred to as the Cave of Pan.. In Greece: The Cave of Pan on the northern slope of the Acropolis of Athens in Attica.
Grab your elastic waistbands and head to the Assumption Greek Orthodox Church for 36th Panegyri Friday and Saturday for food, dancing, tours and more.
Many of the Greek deities are known from as early as Mycenaean (Late Bronze Age) civilization. This is an incomplete list of these deities [n 1] and of the way their names, epithets, or titles are spelled and attested in Mycenaean Greek, written in the Linear B [n 2] syllabary, along with some reconstructions and equivalent forms in later Greek.