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The kerykes / ˈ k ɛ r ɪ ˌ k iː z / or ceryces / ˈ s ɛ r ɪ ˌ s iː z / (Ancient Greek: Κήρυκες, pl. of Κῆρυξ, Keryx) [1] of Bronze Age Pylos 1200 BC, home to the aged Homeric hero Nestor and the Neleides, [2] are listed in the Linear B tablets as 𐀏𐀬𐀐 ka-ru-ke serving the 𐀨𐀷𐀒𐀪 ra-wa-ko-ri, the commander of armed forces. [3]
In Homer’s time, ceryx was a profession of trusted attendants or retainers of a chieftain. The role of ceryces / ˈ s ɛ r ɪ ˌ s iː z / expanded, however, to include acting as inviolable messengers between states, even in time of war, proclaiming meetings of the council, popular assembly, or court of law, reciting there the formulas of prayer, and summoning persons to attend.
Kerekes was born and grew up in the Bedford Township area of Michigan, and attended Bedford High School. Kerekes formed the band Citizen in 2009 and played their first show on January 28, 2010, at Frankie's Inner City in Toledo, Ohio where they opened for Set Your Goals.
In ancient Greece, heralds functioning as private messengers or public criers were referred to as kerykes. The keryx has functions in political, military, judicional and religious matters. He was identified by his attribute, the herald's staff or kerykeion , in Latin caduceus .
In the 96th Olympiad (396 BC), beside the athletic and artistic competitions, [1] the Herald and Trumpet contest was added, which was already a formal element of the Olympic ritual performed by the kerykes (heralds) and salpinktai (trumpeters).
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Kerekeš began acting in 1980 in his hometown of Varaždin and between 1982 and 1996 was a member of the theatre ensemble at the Croatian National Theatre in Varaždin. [1] In 1996 he moved to the Kerempuh theatre in Zagreb and in 1998 moved again to the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb, where he has been working until 2014. [1]
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