Festivals in Ancient Greece: Dionysia, Bacchanalia, Panathenaic, Agrion

The festivals of the Greeks were numerous. Celebrate: the return of the seasons, and the gods who had personified and anniversaries memorable for any reason, the Neomenia (the first day of lunar month).

All parties were religious in nature, according to his divinity had different forms. The Fist of Ceres and Minerva, were distinguished for their feast of Bacchus, which was highlighted by the disorder and licentiousness. Almost all parties in Greece were accompanied by sacrifices and ended with wrestlers fighting carts and on foot, horseback and in wagons.

The main celebrations of ancient Greece were: the Dionysia and the Bacchanalia, held in Athens. Consisted of dances and songs of triumph, celebrated after the winter solstice. The only ones who could enter the temple of Bacchus, were the priests, named by the archon.

On the feast of the Agrion, women who bucaban Bacchus were crazy, and after a banquet became an enemy; this fista lasted several days.

The festivities were mourning Adonijah throughout Greece. He mourned the death of Adonis, the lover of Venus and killed by a boar. Cinofontes feasts were celebrated in the dog days, pudiéndosele kill every dog ​​to leave the meeting.

Another party was Diamastigosis or flogging; very cruel where children were presented before the altar of Diana, and whipped in front of their parents, who encouraged them to continue to suffer. Those who died from the scourging were conciderados winners and later not allowed to continue with the lash, once bleeding appeared.

One of the few human sacrifice cults was given in Greek, was Targelias party in honor of Apollo and Diana, was held in April. The Athenians used to slay two men or a woman and a man.

The Panathenaic were feasts of Minerva in Athens called "big parties" because they were all the people of Attica. They were three-year and five-year (the latter were the most solemn). You could see three kinds of public events: run of men in athletic games and literary musical contest, giving a prize to the most distiguido.

The fisting ended with a sacrifice of oxen brought by each of the towns of Attica mandatory. Some of the meat was for all attendees. I invite you to visit the Digital Library where you will find articles www.magazineofsales.com checked for quality your personal and spiritual development: Health, Sports, Entertainment, Computing, Languages, and job prospects.