Halieia
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The Halieia (
Name
The name of the festival derives from Halios, the Doric spelling of Helios' name.[2][3]
Description
The festival included games of horse-racing and chariot-racing, gymnastic contests for men and boys, as well as music contests,
In the fictional work Ephesian Tale by Xenophon of Ephesus, the protagonists find themselves at Rhodes during a festival in honour of Helios, described thus:
[T]he next Day was a Festival dedicated to the Sun, and celebrated by the Rhodians, with the utmost publick Magnificence, the Pomp, the Sacrifices, and the Concourse of the Citizens, being exceeding great.[13][6]
The protagonist of the story, Anthia, cuts and dedicates some of her hair in Helios' temple with the inscription Anthia dedicated this hair to the god on behalf of Habrokomes.[13][14]
The Games dial on the Antikythera mechanism, an Ancient Greek hand-powered orrery, is divided into four sectors, one of which is inscribed with the word Halieia, as it was possibly used to track the cycle of various athletic games in antiquity.[15]
Connections
Rituals involving the sacrifice of horses in a similar manner to the sea-god
See also
Notes
- ^ Athenaeus, Scholars at Dinner 13.12
- ^ a b c d e f Smith, s. v. Halia
- A Greek-English Lexicon, s.v. ἥλιος
- ^ a b c d e f Torr, pp 73-74
- ^ a b Seyffert, s.v. Helios
- ^ a b Nilsson 1906, p. 427, especially note 4
- ^ Decharme, pp 240–241
- ^ a b Parker, p. 138
- ^ a b Gardner and Jevons, p. 247
- ^ Jordan 2004, p. 120.
- ^ a b Farnell, p. 20, note b
- ^ Larson 2007, pp. 158–159.
- ^ a b Xenophon of Ephesus, Ephesian Tale pp. 107-108.
- ^ Dillon 2002, p. 216.
- ^ Iversen 2017, pp. 141–47
References
- Deipnosophists, Books 1-9 translated by Charles Burton Gulick (1868-1962), from the Loeb Classical Libraryedition of 1927-41, books 10- end by Charles Duke Yonge (1812-1891).
- Decharme, Paul, Mythologie de la Grèce antique, Garnier Frères, 1884. Google books (in French).
- Dillon, Matthew (2002). Girls and Women in Classical Greek Religion. ISBN 0-415-20272-8.
- ISBN 978-1-108-01546-2.
- Gardner, Percy; Jevons, Frank Byron, A Manual of Greek Antiquities, University of Wisconsin, 1895, Charles Scribner's Sons.
- Iversen, Paul A. (2017). "The Calendar on the Antikythera Mechanism and the Corinthian Family of Calendars". Hesperia. 86 (1): 130 and note 4. S2CID 132411755.
- Jordan, Michael (2004). Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses. Facts on File. p. 120. ISBN 0-965-51025-5.
- Larson, Jennifer Lynn (2007). Ancient Greek Cults: A Guide. New York City, New York: ISBN 978-0-415-32448-9.
- Nilsson, Martin, Griechische Feste von religiöser Bedeutung, mit Ausschluss der attischen, 1906. Internet Archive (in German).
- Parker, Robert, Polytheism and Society at Athens, ISBN 978-0-19-927483-3.
- Seyffert, Oskar, A Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, Mythology, Religion, Literature and Art, from the German of Dr. Oskar Seyffert, S. Sonnenschein, 1901. Internet Archive.
- Smith, William, A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities. William Wayte. G. E. Marindin. Albemarle Street, London. John Murray. 1890.
- Torr, Cecil, Rhodes in Ancient Times, Cambridge University Press, 1885.
- Xenophon’s Ephesian History: or the Love-Adventures of Abrocomas and Anthia, in Five Books. Translated from the Greek by Mr. Rooke [the Second Edition], London: Printed for J. Millan at Locke’s Head in Shug-Lane; 1727, pp. 87-112.