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of the religion of oreece.
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ETTixphnia,another of Ceres's festivals, observed by the Laconians (1),
EniNiKiA, EniNiKKXS EOpth5 a day of rejoicing after victory. Bar*,
m'xia B-veiv signifies to sacrifice for a victory obtained.
EiU2KA*iA, a Rhodian festival (2>.
EIU2KHNA, a Spartan festival ( >).
EniSKiPA, Eni2Kipn2l2, at Scira in Attica, in honour of Ceres and
Proserpina (4).
EPnxiAiA, by the Thespians, in honour of e^ws, i- e- Cupid, the god of
love (5).
EfftTlAj this festival seems to be the same with the former, for it was
observed by the Thespians in honour of Cupid (6) ; being celebrated
every fifth year with sports and games, wherein musicians and others
contended. If any quarrels had happened amongst the people, it was
usual at this time to offer sacrifices and prayers to the god, that he would
put an end to them.
EprATiA, a Laconian festival, in honour of Hercules (7); being (I
suppose) instituted in memory of the labours, for labour is by the Greeks
called E^yov.
Epkhnia, I would rather call it E^yVvia, for this festival belonged to
Ceres (8), whom we find surnamed Hercynna, in Lycophron (9) ; which
title was given her from Hercynna, the daughter ol Trophonius, and
play-tellow of Proserpina (10).
'Epmaia, a festival observed in honour of 'EppUg, i. e. Mercury, by the
Pheneatae in Arcadia (11), and the Cyllenians in Elis (12).
Another we find observed by the Tanagraeans in Boeotia(13), where
Mercury was called KgtoQopos, i. e. the rain-bearer, and represented with
a ram upon his shoulder, because he is <*aid, in a time of plague, to have
walked about the city in that posture, and cured the sick ; in memory of
which action, it was customary for one of the most beautiful youths in
the city to walk round the city-walls with a lamb, or ram, upon his shoul-
ders.
A festival of the same name was also observed in Crete, where it was
usual for the servants to sit down at the tabl^, whilst their masters etood
by and waited (14) ; which custom was also practised at the Roman sa-
turnalia.
Another of Mercury's festivals was observed by boys in the schools of
exercise at Athens (15) ; at which no adult persons were allowed to be
present, beside the gymnasiarch; who, if convicted of having admitted
any, underwent the same punishment with those that corrupted free-born
youth: the occasion of this law seems to have been the foul and not to
be named lust and wantonness, which were practised in former times at
this solemnity.
'E2TIAIA, solemn sacrifices to Vesta (16), called in Greek Es'ta, of which
it was unlawful to carry away, or communicate, any part to any beside
the worshippers ; whence *Es-i'« d-vstv, i. e. to sacrifice to Vesta, is prover-
(l)Idem. (2) Hesychius. (3).Idem.
(4) Strabo Geogr. lib. ix. Stephanus, v. Exi-
qos.
(5) Eustathius sub finem Iliad, at.
(6) Plutarchus Erotic. Pausan. Boaoticis.
(7) Hesychius. (8) Idem.
'9) Cassandra, v. 153.
(10) Pausanias Boeoticis.
(11) Idem Arcadicis. (12) Idem Elian's.
(13) Idem Boeoticis.
(14) Athenaeus, A£<7n>ocro(p. siv.
(15) iEschines in Timarcbum.
(16) Hesychius.
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ETTixphnia,another of Ceres's festivals, observed by the Laconians (1),
EniNiKiA, EniNiKKXS EOpth5 a day of rejoicing after victory. Bar*,
m'xia B-veiv signifies to sacrifice for a victory obtained.
EiU2KA*iA, a Rhodian festival (2>.
EIU2KHNA, a Spartan festival ( >).
EniSKiPA, Eni2Kipn2l2, at Scira in Attica, in honour of Ceres and
Proserpina (4).
EPnxiAiA, by the Thespians, in honour of e^ws, i- e- Cupid, the god of
love (5).
EfftTlAj this festival seems to be the same with the former, for it was
observed by the Thespians in honour of Cupid (6) ; being celebrated
every fifth year with sports and games, wherein musicians and others
contended. If any quarrels had happened amongst the people, it was
usual at this time to offer sacrifices and prayers to the god, that he would
put an end to them.
EprATiA, a Laconian festival, in honour of Hercules (7); being (I
suppose) instituted in memory of the labours, for labour is by the Greeks
called E^yov.
Epkhnia, I would rather call it E^yVvia, for this festival belonged to
Ceres (8), whom we find surnamed Hercynna, in Lycophron (9) ; which
title was given her from Hercynna, the daughter ol Trophonius, and
play-tellow of Proserpina (10).
'Epmaia, a festival observed in honour of 'EppUg, i. e. Mercury, by the
Pheneatae in Arcadia (11), and the Cyllenians in Elis (12).
Another we find observed by the Tanagraeans in Boeotia(13), where
Mercury was called KgtoQopos, i. e. the rain-bearer, and represented with
a ram upon his shoulder, because he is <*aid, in a time of plague, to have
walked about the city in that posture, and cured the sick ; in memory of
which action, it was customary for one of the most beautiful youths in
the city to walk round the city-walls with a lamb, or ram, upon his shoul-
ders.
A festival of the same name was also observed in Crete, where it was
usual for the servants to sit down at the tabl^, whilst their masters etood
by and waited (14) ; which custom was also practised at the Roman sa-
turnalia.
Another of Mercury's festivals was observed by boys in the schools of
exercise at Athens (15) ; at which no adult persons were allowed to be
present, beside the gymnasiarch; who, if convicted of having admitted
any, underwent the same punishment with those that corrupted free-born
youth: the occasion of this law seems to have been the foul and not to
be named lust and wantonness, which were practised in former times at
this solemnity.
'E2TIAIA, solemn sacrifices to Vesta (16), called in Greek Es'ta, of which
it was unlawful to carry away, or communicate, any part to any beside
the worshippers ; whence *Es-i'« d-vstv, i. e. to sacrifice to Vesta, is prover-
(l)Idem. (2) Hesychius. (3).Idem.
(4) Strabo Geogr. lib. ix. Stephanus, v. Exi-
qos.
(5) Eustathius sub finem Iliad, at.
(6) Plutarchus Erotic. Pausan. Boaoticis.
(7) Hesychius. (8) Idem.
'9) Cassandra, v. 153.
(10) Pausanias Boeoticis.
(11) Idem Arcadicis. (12) Idem Elian's.
(13) Idem Boeoticis.
(14) Athenaeus, A£<7n>ocro(p. siv.
(15) iEschines in Timarcbum.
(16) Hesychius.