Delia (festival)
The Delia (Greek: Δήλια) were festivals and games celebrated in classical antiquity at the great celebratory gathering (panegyris) on the island of Delos.
History
This gathering was apparently originally related to the meetings of the
Athenians took part in these solemnities at a very early period, is evident from the Deliastoi (afterwards called Theoroi, Θεωροί) mentioned in the laws of Solon; the sacred vessel (θεωρίς), moreover, which they sent to Delos every year, was said to be the same which Theseus had sent after his return from Crete. The Delians, during the celebration of these solemnities, performed the office of cooks for those who visited their island, whence they were called Έλεοδύται.[3]
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
Amphictyons).[3]
The Lesser Delia
From these solemnities, belonging to the great Delian panegyris, we must distinguish the Lesser Delia, called by the Delians Apollonia,
References
Citations
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chambers, Ephraim, ed. (1728). "Delia". Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (1st ed.). James and John Knapton, et al. p. 180.
- ^ Arnold, Irene Ringwood (1933). "Local Festivals at Delos". American Journal of Archaeology. 37(3). July 1933. pp. 452-458.
- ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities. London: John Murray.
- ^ Thucydides, I. c.
- ^ "Delia". (2007). In Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 2007-05-21.
- ^ Plato Phaedon, p. 58; Xenophon Memorabila iv. 8. § 2
- ^ Böckh, Publ. Econ. of Ath. p. 214, &c. 2d edit.; Thirlwall, Hist. of Greece, vol. iii. p. 217.
Bibliography
- . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). 1911.