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| ritual performed to confirm legitimacy of newborn infant |
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| "things done" (e.g. ritual actions) |
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| "things said" (e.g. prayers, curses, blessings, oaths) |
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| traditional oral narrative |
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| correct behavior, proper performance of dromena and legomena |
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| central square in a town or polis, usually the marketplace |
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| Ancestral Apollo, divine ancestor (through his son Ion) of the four original Ionian tribes |
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| human being born directly from the earth instead of from sexual union of two parents |
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| township or county; in Athens, one of the 139 subdivisions both geographical and also within its own municipal and cultic identity |
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| mythical ancestors of the Athenians |
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| ancestors of the 10 Athenian tribes created after 508/7 BCE |
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| hearth at the center of the household, the deme, and the polis |
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| independent city-state, enjoying economic, political, religious autonomy |
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| protection from theft or violation; asylum |
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| divine "power" or "quality" |
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| state of physical, moral, or religious uncleanness |
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| distinct tract of land belonging to a deity |
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| festival of Aphrodite Pandemos ("uniter of the people") |
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| festivals of Zeus Melikhios |
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| sacrifice of 100 victims (usually cattle) |
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| informal public gathering for the purpose of worship or festival activities |
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| all-night ritual celebration |
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| Zeus "The Friendly" chthonic snake |
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| "favor" given to an individual or deity, for which repayment is expected |
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| "I give so that you might give" |
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| treasury (usually of dedicated objects) |
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| offering in the fulfillment of a vow |
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| male ("ox-slayer") responsivle for stunning the victim with an axe |
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| ("sanctify"), to sacrifice to a ouranian deity |
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| sacrifice in which the entire victim is burned |
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| basket containing barley and knife |
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| male "butcher," sacrificer |
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| spit or skewer for roasting meat |
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| ritual (female) scream at moment of sacrifice |
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| intestines and inner organs of the victim |
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| to burn parts of a victim in order for a ouranian deity to share in it |
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| "stuff to be cleansed," scapegoat |
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| drug, poison, medicine, scapegoat |
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