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According to Seleucus, the festival took its name from hellotis (ἑλλωτίς), a myrtle garland which was carried about in the procession at the festival.
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writes that Hellotis (Ἑλλωτίς) was a surname of Europe in Crete, with that being the reason for the festival being called Hellotia.
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Hellotia was the name of the festival with a torch race celebrated at Corinth in honour of Athena.
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and also the name of the festival in honour of this Athena at
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Ancient Greek
Athena
Corinth
Europa
Crete
scholiast
Pindar
έλος
Marathon
Timander
Dorians
Eurytione
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology


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Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), Ellotia
Smith, William
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
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Epithets of Athena
Corinthian mythology

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