Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. IV, 1950 Non-Christian religions Particular topics

Cronie

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CRONIE. - Festivals in honor of Cronus in which social distinctions were abolished. We know of them in Attica, in Thebes, with a musical contest, and in Rhodes, where a man was sacrificed. The Romans identified them with the Saturnalia. Some consider them a harvest festival, others deny this; for others it is a festival in which the customs and laws in force under a king were abolished, and the king was then killed and replaced by another more robust one, but of this there is no trace in Greece. The festival seems ancient. Similar festivals are also found for other deities.

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BIBL.: A. Lang, Magic and Religion, London 1901, p. 82 ff.; M. Nilsson, Griechische Feste, Leipzig 1906, p. 35 ff.; J. G. Frazer, The Golden Bough, 3rd ed., XI, London 1913, p. 306 ff.; M. Nilsson, Gesch. der Griech. Religion, I, Munich 1941, p. 481 ff.

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By Luisa Banti

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV (1950), col. 1007.

More by Luisa Banti: Chronos · Chthonic Deities · Curetes · Daphnephoria · Damia (Δαμιά)

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Banti, Luisa. “Cronie.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, col. 1007. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/cronie.

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Banti, Luisa. “Cronie.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 1007. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/cronie.

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@incollection{ec4_cronie,
  author    = {Banti, Luisa},
  title     = {Cronie},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IV},
  pages     = {1007},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/cronie}
}

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