Feasts in Honor of Demeter in the Megarian Colonies on the Shores of Pontus Euxinus
Feasts in Honor of Demeter in the Megarian Colonies on the Shores of Pontus Euxinus

Summary/Abstract: The study focuses on the comparative research of the feasts dedicated to Demeter in Megaraand its Pontic colonies (Byzantion, Mesambria, and Callatis). In Megara and in the Megarian Pontic coloniesDemeter was worshipped with a multitude of epicleses: Thesmophoros, Malophoros, Chthonia, and Ploutodoteira.The feasts consecrated to Demeter (Chthonia, Thesmophoria, Malophoria) in the Megaran Pontic city states displayan agrarian character. On those occasions Demeter was celebrated under the guise of a chtonian deity and agoddess of soil fertility and agriculture. The Pontic colonies of Megarian origin have adopted the cycle of feastsset through the Megarian tradition.

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