hellenismo:Ὀγδόη Μεσοῦντος/ Ὀγδόη ἐπὶ δέκα / Όκτωκαιδεκάτη, XVIII day From today’s sunset: eighteent
hellenismo:Ὀγδόη Μεσοῦντος/ Ὀγδόη ἐπὶ δέκα / Όκτωκαιδεκάτη, XVIII day From today’s sunset: eighteenth day of Hekatombaion. The eighteenth day is always dedicated to purifications and apotropaic rites. Continuation of the sacrifices to the Hero Echelos and to the Heroines (cfr. http://philipharland.com/greco-roman-associations/1-decree-of-the-sacrificing-associates-of-echelos-and-the-heroines/) “The traditional laws of the Athenians have attributed the eighteenth as well as the nineteenth to the lustral and apotropaic rituals, as told by Philochorus and <***>, both interpreters of the uses of their Ancestors. So, perhaps for this reason, Hesiod says that this day is sacred, and especially after noon, because this part of the day is suitable for the purifications…” Scholia Erga, 810 (Wall painting fragment with Gorgon mask, with vase above and at side, a bird. From Pompeii, now in the Metropolitan Museum…) -- source link