Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. XI, 1953 Non-Christian religions Particular topics

Synoichia (Συνοικία)

SINOICHIA (ΣΥΝΟΛΙΑ)

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SYNOICHIA (Συνοικία). - An Athenian festival celebrated on the 16th of Hecatombaion (July-Aug.) in honor of Athena, protectress of the State, to commemorate the peace and the reunion among the ancient cities re-established by Theseus.

In it, which constituted as it were a prelude to the Panathenaea, so far as can be known, a bloodless sacrifice was offered to Peace, in all likelihood in the ancient Prytaneion, before the statue of Eirene; a sacrifice which in a later age (4th century B.C.) was instead offered with numerous animal victims.

Bibliography

BIBL.: L. Deubner, Attische Feste, Berlin 1932, pp. 36-38.

Cesare D'Onofrio

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI (1953), col. 704.

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D'Onofrio, Cesare. “Sinoichia (ΣΥΝΟΛΙΑ).” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, col. 704. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/sinoichia-sunolia.

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D'Onofrio, Cesare. “Sinoichia (ΣΥΝΟΛΙΑ).” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 704. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/sinoichia-sunolia.

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@incollection{ec11_sinoichia_sunolia,
  author    = {D'Onofrio, Cesare},
  title     = {Sinoichia (ΣΥΝΟΛΙΑ)},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {XI},
  pages     = {704},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1953},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/sinoichia-sunolia}
}

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