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95:(white, shining, or swift). The legend goes that on one occasion when Didymos, an Athenian, was performing a lavish sacrifice, a white (or swift) dog appeared and snatched the offering; Didymos was alarmed, but received an 147:(fellow diners), who ate a meal with the cult statue of the god. They returned for smaller meals each month for a year where a priest would perform sacrifices. People who refused to serve as 641: 165:
writes that since Herakles was reputed to be a bastard, for that reason the bastards, those qualifying as citizens neither paternally nor maternally, used to exercise there.
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with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918.
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mentions a shrine there in 490/89 BC, and it became a famous sanctuary of Heracles that was also associated with his mother
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was said to have lectured, a fact which was offered as one explanation as to how the sect got the name of Cynics.
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Its name was a mystery to the ancients that was explained by a story about a white or swift dog,
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Its exact location is unknown but it is generally located in what is now the southern suburbs of
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with an English translation by A. D. Godley. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1920.
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A festival was held at Cynosarges in honour of Heracles in the month of
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Fredricksmeyer, E. A. (1979). "Divine Honors for Philip II".
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were liable to be prosecuted in the Athenian court system.
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London. Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden. 1854.
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Archaeological excavations were carried out in 1896-7 by
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river and near the Diomeian gate. The modern suburb of
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message saying that he should establish a temple to
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Index

Votive relief found at river Ilissos
Greek
Heracles
gymnasium
Ancient Athens
Ilissos
Kynosargous
Athens
etymologising
genitive
oracular
Heracles
Herodotus
Alcmene
Hebe
Iolaus
Cynic
Antisthenes
Metageitnion
Clement
Philip II of Macedon
Suda
Campbell Cowan Edgar
British School at Athens
Athenian festivals
Κυνόσαργες
Liddell, Henry George
Scott, Robert
A Greek–English Lexicon
Perseus Project

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