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Greek festival of Adonis and Aphrodite (1)

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03 Religious festivals, cults, rituals and practices



Keywords
Adonis
festivals
Period
5th century CE
Byzantine Empire
Channel
Byzantine philosophers and scholars


Text
Cyril of Alexandria, In Isaiam 18.1-2, PG 70.441:
The Greeks celebrated this in a feast. They pretended to unite in weeping and lamentations with Aphrodite when she was mourning Adonis’ death. Then, when she reappeared from the netherworld and announced that she had found the one she had searching for, [they pretended] to unite in rejoicing and jumping [for joy]. And even today this comedy is still being performed in the temples of Alexandria.


Source (list of abbreviations)
Cyril of Alexandria, In Isaiam 18.1-2, PG 70.441

Bibliography

Mettinger 2001, 123Mettinger, T. Riddle of Resurrection. "Dying and Rising Gods" in the Ancient Near East. Coniectanea Biblica Old Testament Series 50. Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell International 2001.

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Amar Annus


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