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  2. Syssitia - Wikipedia

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    The syssitia (Ancient Greek: συσσίτια syssítia, plural of συσσίτιον syssítion) [1] were, in ancient Greece, common meals for men and youths in social or religious groups, especially in Crete and Sparta, but also in Megara in the time of Theognis of Megara (sixth century BCE) and Corinth in the time of Periander (seventh century BCE).

  3. Deipneus - Wikipedia

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    Deipneus (Ancient Greek: Δειπνεύς) in Greek mythology, specifically in Sparta, is a demigod of the preparation of meals, specifically the making of bread. He was revered in Achaea. He was revered in Achaea.

  4. Ceremonies of ancient Greece - Wikipedia

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    Ceremonies of Ancient Greece encompasses those practices of a formal religious nature celebrating particular moments in the life of the community or individual in Greece from the period of the Greek dark ages (c. 1000 B.C) to the middle ages (c. 500 A.D).

  5. Sparta (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Sparta was the daughter of King Eurotas of Laconia and Cleta. [2] Pausanias also describes Tiasa as being Eurotas's daughter. [1] [3] By her husband, Lacedaemon, Sparta became the mother of Amyclas and Eurydice, wife of King Acrisius of Argos, and the grandmother of Hyacinthus, who was loved by Apollo and Zephyrus.

  6. List of Greek mythological figures - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of gods, goddesses, and many other divine and semi-divine figures from ancient Greek mythology and ancient Greek religion. Immortals The Greeks created images of their deities for many purposes.

  7. Family tree of the Greek gods - Wikipedia

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    The following is a family tree of gods, goddesses, and other divine and semi-divine figures from Ancient Greek mythology and Ancient Greek religion. Chaos

  8. Greek mythology - Wikipedia

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    Greek mythology has had an extensive influence on the culture, arts, and literature of Western civilization and remains part of Western heritage and language. Poets and artists from ancient times to the present have derived inspiration from Greek mythology and have discovered contemporary significance and relevance in the themes. [4]: 43

  9. Greek primordial deities - Wikipedia

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    In Greek mythology, the primordial deities are the first generation of gods and goddesses.These deities represented the fundamental forces and physical foundations of the world and were generally not actively worshipped, as they, for the most part, were not given human characteristics; they were instead personifications of places or abstract concepts.