Lampadon Hemera

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Lampadon Hemera [1]

(from Λαμπάς , A Torch and Ἡμέρα , A Day ), the name given to the fifth day of the Eleusinian Mysteries (q.v.), because on that day the initiated marched two and two in procession, each with a torch in his hand, into the temple of Ceres at Eleusis.

References

  1. ↑ Lampadon Hemera from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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