Νουμηνία, I day of Boedromion. From today’s sunset: beg
Νουμηνία, I day of Boedromion. From today’s sunset: beginning of the new month of Boedromion, sacred to Apollo, month of the Great Mysteries of Eleusis - “[The verb] βοηδρομεῖν ["to run to help”] was the name for helping, that is running into battle.“ (Suda s.v. Boedromia) Happy Noumenia to you all, best wishes!!! Noumenia is a day sacred to all the Gods - in particular to Apollo Noumenios, Zeus, Helios, Hecate, Artemis Noumenia, Hera, Hermes, and to all the Household Gods. Sacrifices, purifications, libations, banquets and singing of hymns are some among the distinctive features of the first day of the lunar month. Banquet of Noumeniastai; Epimenia. Main Celebrations of the Month: - From the sunset of 3 September, II day- Δευτέρα Ἱσταμένου Niketeria - From the sunset of 4 September, III day - Τρίτη Ἱσταμένου - Τριτομηνίς Plataia - victories of Plataea and Mycale. - From the sunset of 5 September, IV day- Τετρὰς Ἱσταμένου Sacrifice to Basile (Erchia); honors to Semnai in Athens; Eleutheria (Panhellenic festivals); Sacrifice to Erechtheus. - From the sunset of 6 September, V day - Πέμπτη Ἱσταμένου Nemesia (night festival) Genesia / Nekysia, in honor of Gaia and the dead; Sacrifice to the Hero Epops (Erchia) - From the sunset of 7 September, VI day, Ἓκτη Ἱσταμένου Kharisteria - procession and sacrifice to Artemis Agrotera; victory of Marathon; Sacrifice to Enyalios. - From the sunset of 8 September, VII day - Ἑβδόμη Ἱσταμένου Boedromia, in honor of Apollo Boedromios. – From the sunset of 14 September, Τρίτη Μεσοῦντος/ Τρισκαιδεκάτη/ Τρίτη ἐπὶ δέκα, XIII day- procession of the epheboi toward Eleusis – From the sunset of 15 September,Τετάρτη Μεσοῦντος/ Τετρὰς ἐπὶ δέκα/ Τεσσαρεκαιδεκάτη, XIV day- The epheboi escort back the Hierà from Eleusis to the Eleusinion in Athens. – From the sunset of 16 September, Πέμπτη Μεσοῦντος/ Πέμπτη ἐπὶ δέκα / Πεντεκαιδεκάτη, XV day, Full Moon – ‘the day of the gathering’. Agyrmós- Prorresis (formal declaration bidding depart to those not qualified): this is the first ‘official’ day of the Mysteries. – From the sunset of 17 September, Ἕκτη Μεσοῦντος/ Ἕκτη ἐπὶ δέκα /Ἑκκαιδεκάτη, XVI day- ‘Elasis’ (from Halade mystai- initiates to the sea’) – From the sunset of 18 September, Ἑβδόμη Μεσοῦντος/ Ἑβδóμη ἐπὶ δέκα / Ἑπτακαιδεκάτη, XVII day- ‘Hiereia Deuro- Hither the victims’. Private sacrifices to Demeter and Kore – From the sunset of 19 September, Ὀγδόη Μεσοῦντος/ Ὀγδόη ἐπὶ δέκα / Όκτωκαιδεκάτη, XVIII day- ‘Epidauria’ - Epidauria, or Asklepieia, the annual festival of Asklepios in Athens. Private sacrificial calendar: a perfect sacrifice to Dionysos and to all the other Gods – From the sunset of 20 September, Ἐνάτη Μεσοῦντος/ Ἐνάτη ἐπὶ δέκα / Ἐννεακαιδεκάτη, XIX day- ‘Iakchos- day of the procession’ – From the sunset of 21 September, Εἰκοστή/ Εἰκὰς/ Εἰκοσάδες, XX day- ‘Teletè’ – From the sunset of 22 September, Δεκάτη Ὑστέρα/ Δεκάτη Φθίνοντος/ Μετεικὰς/ Ἀμφιδεκάτη, XXI day – Autumnal Equinox – ‘Epopteia’ – From the sunset of 23 September, Ἐνάτη Φθίνοντος/ Ἐνάτη μετ’εἰκάδας XXII day- ‘Plemochoai’ – From the sunset of 24 September, Ὀγδόη Φθίνοντος/ Ὀγδόη μετ’εἰκάδας, XXIII day- Epistrophè. – From the sunset of 25 September, Ἑβδόμη Φθίνοντος/ Ἑβδόμη μετ’εἰκάδας, XXIV day. Assembly in the City Eleusinion after the performance of the Mysteries. - From the sunset of 28 September, XXVII day- Τετρὰς Φθίνοντος Sacrifices to the Nymphs, Achelous, Alochus, Hermes and Gaia (Erchia); Sacrifice to Athena in the attic deme of Teithras; Agraulia, on the occasion of the oath of youths. - From the sunset of I October, XXX Ἔνε καὶ νέα / Τριακάς Ἑκάτης δεῖπνον (Gold myrtle spray. The stem is made from gold sheet over a bronze core. There are three sizes of leaf: the two larger pairs are pushed into holes in the stem, the smallest pair inserted into the end of the tube. Inserted beside the pair of middle-sized leaves are myrtle flowers on long wire stems. These consist of a cup with a serrated top, a six-petalled flower, and a central rod holding a ring of twenty-four blob-ended stamens and capped with a disc. The discs have an inner and an outer ring of fine spiral-beaded wire, both of which were presumably once filled with enamel. Found in Eleusis, near a tomb, 400BC-350BCE. Now in the British Museum…) -- source link
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