1) Attic festival 2) Festival in ancient Athens 3) Greek threshing festival
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[festival] Haloa or `Alo (῾Αλῶα) was an Attic festival, but celebrated principally at Eleusis, in honour of Demeter (Δήμητρα, η Αλωαίη), protector of the fruits of the earth, of Dionysus, god of the grape and of wine, and Poseidon (Ποσειδώνας ο Φυτάλμιος), god of the seashore vegetation. In Greek, th...
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(from the article `Demeter`) Among the agrarian festivals held in honour of Demeter were the following: (1) Haloa, apparently derived from hals (`threshing floor`), begun at ...
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