Skiraphorion updates

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.

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PAT rituals for Hekatombaion:

• Hekatombaion 4 - June 26 - 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 4 - Kronia - festival in honor of Kronos
• Hekatombaion 15 / 16 - 7 / 8 July - Sunoikia - community festival in Athens. Sacred to Athena. Two-day celebration every other year.
• Hekatombaion 21 - July 13 - Sacrifice to Kourotrophos, (Hekate &) Artemis at Erkhia
• Hekatombaion 23n + 30 - July 14 + 21 - 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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