Bendideia
Sign in to save300px|thumb|right|Votive relief showing Bendis (right, identified by her Phrygian cap) approached by eight athletes and two officials. The torch in the hands of the first official shows that the athletes were part of a torch relay team. The Bendidia was an ancient Athenian festival celebrating the Thracian goddess Bendis. It was celebrated on the 19th day of the month of Thargelion (late May, in the Gregorian calendar), and was introduced in 429 BC. The festival took place in Piraeus. It was rare for ancient Athens to permit foreign residents of the city to worship their own gods; the cult of
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Within Vinony's link graph, Bendideia is referenced by 258 other articles, and connects out to Gregorian calendar, Piraeus and Peloponnesian War.
It sits within the topics Festivals in ancient Athens, Festivals in ancient Greece and Greek mythology.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- festival
- Country
- Classical Athens
- Located in
- Piraeus
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- culture
- Ancient Greece
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- commemorates
- Bendis
- month of the year
- Thargelion
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