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Festivals: Boreaia (An Exercise in Modern Festival-building)

by Hearthfire Handworks
As far as I know, there was no ancient Greek festival that went by the name of Boreaia. If there were, it probably would not be thematically similar to this one. There […]
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Festivals: The Genesia

by Hearthfire Handworks
The Genesia was held as a public festival honoring the dead on 5 Boedromion in Athens. It is uncertain how the Genesia related to private or family rites honoring individual ancestors (held […]
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