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39: 281:. Other indications point to the festival having assumed a military character at an early date, as might have been expected among the warlike Dorians, although some scholars deny this. The general meaning of the agrarian ceremony is clear, and has numerous parallels in north European harvest-customs, in which an animal (or man disguised as an animal) was pursued by the reapers, the animal if caught being usually killed; in any case, both the man and the animal represent the vegetation spirit. E. H. Binney in 424: 155:. By way of punishment, Apollo visited the army with a pestilence, which only ceased after the institution of the Carneia. The tradition is probably intended to explain the sacrifice of an animal (perhaps a later substitute for a human being) as the representative of the god. The agrarian and military sides of the festival are clearly distinguished. 276:
iv. 141), the Carneia was an imitation of life in camp, and everything was done in accordance with the command of a herald. In regard to the sacrifice, which doubtless formed part of the ceremonial, all that is known is that a ram was sacrificed at
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against the latter were interrupted until the end of the month, while the Argives (on whom, as Dorians, the custom was equally binding), by manipulating the calendar, avoided the necessity of suspending operations.
119:), in a wider sense, of the harvest and the vintage. The chief centre of his worship was Sparta, where the Carneia took place every year from the 7th to the 15th of the month Carneus (i.e. 158:
The importance attached to the festival and its month is shown in several instances. It was responsible for the delay which prevented the Spartans from assisting the
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was performed at the Carneia (to which it may have become attached with the name of Apollo) as a vegetation drama, and "embodied a Death and Resurrection ceremony."
444: 541: 38: 245:("running with bunches of grapes in their hands"); if he was caught, it was a guarantee of good fortune to the city; if not, the reverse. 109:, or merely an "emanation" from him, is uncertain; but there seems no reason to doubt that Carneus means "the god of flocks and herds" ( 439: 551: 237:("leader"). A man decked with garlands (possibly the priest himself) started running, pursued by a band of young men called 248:
In the second part of the festival nine tents were set up in the country, in each of which nine citizens, representing the
388: 344: 546: 374: 229:) were chosen by lot from each for four years, to superintend the proceedings, the officiating priest being called 110: 506: 238: 230: 222: 58: 24: 187: 269: 257: 171: 163: 471: 256:), feasted together in honour of the god (for huts or booths extemporized as shelters; see 139:
seer and favourite of Apollo, who, being suspected of espionage, was slain by one of the
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in character. In the last aspect it is supposed to commemorate the death of Carnus, an
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This festival is also the reason behind the dispatch of a small advance guard under
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The Motya Youth: Apollo Karneios, Art, and Tyranny in the Greek West
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hat in the temple of Karneios, 5th century BC, from Ceglie del Campo
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The Carneia appears to have been at once agrarian, military and
309:. The Art Bulletin, Vol. 96, No. 4 (December 2014), pp. 395-423 114: 76: 66: 325: 323: 321: 319: 317: 315: 81:) was one of the tribal traditional festivals of 193:The Carneia was also celebrated in the city of 186:instead of the main Spartan force during the 8: 457:(1893), and article "Karneios" in Roscher's 408:Callimachus, Hymn to Apollo (lines 71-73) 264:, March 1908, on the country festival in 329: 285:(March 1905) suggests that the story of 298: 174:, the movements of the Spartans under 7: 464:L. Couve in Daremberg and Saglio's 14: 422: 197:in North Africa, as attested in 1: 526:, xxxi. (1903), p. 234. 519:, liii. (1898), p. 377. 542:Festivals in ancient Sparta 466:Dictionnaire des antiquités 399:Pindar, Pythian Ode 5.79-80 42:Male dancer at festival of 568: 499:(ed. J. H. Lipsius, 1902). 242: 234: 226: 143:during the passage of the 115: 77: 67: 62: 18: 490:Cults of the Greek States 485:(2nd ed., 1905), ii. 254. 476:Mythologische Forschungen 450:This work in turn cites: 201:'s fifth Pythian ode and 19:Not to be confused with 445:Encyclopædia Britannica 221:Five unmarried youths ( 170:was attacked in 419 by 497:Griechische Altertümer 305:John K. Papadopoulos: 51: 25:Carna (disambiguation) 16:Ancient Greek festival 552:September observances 268:ii. I). According to 188:Battle of Thermopylae 41: 478:(1883), p. 170. 270:Demetrius of Scepsis 89:and Doric cities in 483:Wald- and Feldkulte 93:, held in honor of 547:August observances 517:Rheinisches Museum 481:Wilhelm Mannhardt 164:Battle of Marathon 52: 46:Karneios, wearing 472:Wilhelm Mannhardt 360:History of Greece 559: 455:Lakonische Kulte 449: 428: 426: 425: 409: 406: 400: 397: 391: 383: 377: 369: 363: 353: 347: 339: 333: 327: 310: 303: 283:Classical Review 262:Classical Review 244: 236: 228: 118: 117: 80: 79: 70: 69: 64: 567: 566: 562: 561: 560: 558: 557: 556: 532: 531: 522:J. Vürtheim in 438:, ed. (1911). " 434: 423: 421: 418: 413: 412: 407: 403: 398: 394: 384: 380: 370: 366: 354: 350: 340: 336: 328: 313: 304: 300: 295: 258:W. Warde Fowler 219: 129: 95:Apollo Karneios 36: 17: 12: 11: 5: 565: 563: 555: 554: 549: 544: 534: 533: 530: 529: 528: 527: 520: 513:Hermann Usener 510: 500: 493: 486: 479: 469: 462: 436:Chisholm, Hugh 417: 414: 411: 410: 401: 392: 378: 364: 348: 334: 311: 297: 296: 294: 291: 218: 215: 166:. Again, when 128: 125: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 564: 553: 550: 548: 545: 543: 540: 539: 537: 525: 521: 518: 514: 511: 509:, iii. 13. 3. 508: 504: 501: 498: 495:G. Schömann, 494: 492:, iv. (1907). 491: 487: 484: 480: 477: 473: 470: 467: 463: 460: 456: 452: 451: 447: 446: 441: 437: 432: 431:public domain 420: 419: 415: 405: 402: 396: 393: 390: 387: 382: 379: 376: 373: 368: 365: 361: 357: 352: 349: 346: 343: 338: 335: 331: 330:Chisholm 1911 326: 324: 322: 320: 318: 316: 312: 308: 302: 299: 292: 290: 288: 284: 280: 275: 271: 267: 263: 259: 255: 251: 246: 243:σταφυλοδρόμοι 240: 239:Ancient Greek 232: 231:Ancient Greek 224: 223:Ancient Greek 216: 214: 212: 208: 204: 200: 196: 191: 189: 185: 180: 177: 173: 169: 165: 161: 156: 154: 150: 146: 142: 138: 134: 126: 124: 122: 112: 108: 104: 100: 96: 92: 88: 84: 74: 60: 59:Ancient Greek 56: 49: 45: 40: 34: 30: 26: 22: 523: 516: 503:J. G. Frazer 496: 489: 488:L. Farnell, 482: 475: 465: 458: 454: 443: 404: 395: 381: 367: 359: 351: 337: 306: 301: 282: 261: 253: 247: 220: 192: 181: 157: 153:Peloponnesus 130: 121:Metageitnion 98: 94: 91:Magna Grecia 72: 54: 53: 47: 203:Callimachus 87:Peloponnese 536:Categories 416:References 372:Thucydides 141:Heraclidae 137:Acarnanian 127:Background 97:. Whether 48:kalatiskos 524:Mnemosyne 507:Pausanias 453:S. Wide, 386:Herodotus 342:Herodotus 274:Athenaeus 250:phratries 227:Καρνεᾶται 168:Epidaurus 160:Athenians 149:Naupactus 111:Hesychius 389:VII, 206 362:, ch. 56 287:Alcestis 266:Tibullus 184:Leonidas 133:piacular 459:Lexikon 433::  345:VI, 106 217:Details 162:at the 145:Dorians 113:, s.v. 99:Carneus 68:Καρνεῖα 63:Κάρνεια 55:Carneia 33:Carneau 29:Carneal 440:Carnea 427:  279:Thurii 235:ἀγητής 211:Apollo 199:Pindar 195:Cyrene 116:Κάρνος 107:Apollo 103:Carnus 85:, the 83:Sparta 78:Κάρνεα 73:Carnea 44:Apollo 21:Cornea 375:V, 54 356:Grote 293:Notes 172:Argos 147:from 71:) or 31:, or 272:(in 254:obae 252:(or 207:hymn 176:Agis 101:(or 515:in 505:on 442:". 260:in 209:to 205:'s 151:to 65:or 538:: 474:, 358:, 314:^ 241:: 233:: 225:: 213:. 190:. 61:: 27:, 23:, 468:. 461:. 332:. 75:( 57:( 35:.

Index

Cornea
Carna (disambiguation)
Carneal
Carneau

Apollo
Ancient Greek
Sparta
Peloponnese
Magna Grecia
Carnus
Apollo
Hesychius
Metageitnion
piacular
Acarnanian
Heraclidae
Dorians
Naupactus
Peloponnesus
Athenians
Battle of Marathon
Epidaurus
Argos
Agis
Leonidas
Battle of Thermopylae
Cyrene
Pindar
Callimachus

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