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Greek religious ceremonies and weaponry - Hoplitesmores - 11-30-2007
Did the ancient Greeks bear arms in religious rituals? Swords or Spears and anything other than an armour and helmet.
Arms and Religious ceremonies - Paullus Scipio - 11-30-2007
Well, quickly off the top of my head, there cannot have been an absolute taboo against arms at religious rituals...the Spartans scrificed a goat literally just before going into battle..... and their festival Gymnopaediae, which was semi-religious, and a commemoration of the glorious dead of the battle of Thyrea ('the battle of the champions') was performed 'unarmed' , not, as many think from the name, naked, implying other religious festivals were performed under arms.........
Re: Greek religious ceremonies and weaponry - hoplite14gr - 12-01-2007
Armed and armored men in religious ocassions:
Atheneous 12 525E
Plutarch Alekbiades 34
Aeneas Tactica 317
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Re: Greek religious ceremonies and weaponry - Dan Diffendale - 12-04-2007
There's also a description of a procession to the temple of Artemis in Ephesus that included armed men, in Xenophon of Ephesus' Ephesiaca...