On the day of the Hene kai Nea (or sometimes, like this month, the day after), I post a monthly update about things that happened on the blog and in projects and organizations related to it. I will also announce Elaion's coming PAT rituals.
Statistics:
- A little over 1.181.000 views right now!
- 15.000 of those hits happened in the last month
- The top five most popular posts were: Ancient Hellenic Gods celebrated in annual festival at Mount Olympus (696), The three types of souls of Aristotle (115), Constellation Hydra: the sea-serpent (114), Roman-era clay tablet with verses from Homer's Odyssey unearthed in ancient Olympia (97), and Italian police bust ancient artefact trafficking gang (70).
PAT rituals for Hekatombaion:
- Hekatombaion 4 - July 17 - Aphrodisia - festival of Aphrodite and Peitho (Persuasion), where the temple was purified with dove's blood, the altars cleansed, and the two statues washed
- Hekatombaion 12 - July 25 - Kronia - festival in honor of Kronos
- Hekatombaion 15 / 16 - July 28 / 29 - Sunoikia - community festival in Athens. Sacred to Athena. Two-day celebration every other year.
- Hekatombaion 21 - August 3 - Sacrifice to Kourotrophos, (Hekate &) Artemis at Erkhia
- Hekatombaion 23n + 30 - August 8n + 12 - Panathanaia - main celebration on the twenty-eighth in honor of Athena. Greater held in the third year of each Olympiad, Lesser held annually for fewer days
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