Genesia(74 words)
[German version]
(τὰ Γενέσια; tà Genésia). Name of a Greek family festival in honour of a dead ancestor (Hdt. 4,26). In Athens, it became ─ allegedly at Solon's instigation ─ a public festival of the dead, the celebrations of which on the 5th Boedromion also included a sacrifice to Gaia (Philochorus FGrH 328 F 168).
Graf, Fritz (Columbus, OH)
Bibliography
F. Jacoby, Γενέσια. A forgotten festival of the dead, in: CQ 38, 1944, 65-75.
Cite this page
Graf, Fritz (Columbus, OH),
“Genesia”, in:
Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry.
Consulted online on 07 May 2021 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e421480>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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