Chytroi

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Chytroi was the third and final day of the ancient Athenian Anthesteria festival, associated with offerings to the dead and the spirits of the underworld.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Chytroi canonical 2

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Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Athenian festival day ⓘ
religious observance ⓘ
associatedConcept Keres ⓘ
Kthonioi ⓘ
chthonic deities ⓘ
spirits of the dead ⓘ
associatedWith Athenian religion ⓘ
Dionysus ⓘ
ancient Athens ⓘ
linked to: Classical Athens
characterizedBy focus on death and the underworld ⓘ
somber tone ⓘ
chronologicalOrder final day of Anthesteria ⓘ
contrastedWith more joyful wine-focused celebrations of earlier Anthesteria days ⓘ
culturalContext Greek polytheism ⓘ
classical Athens ⓘ
linked to: Classical Athens
hasEtymology Greek word for "pots" or "pots of beans" ⓘ
hasSourceIn ancient Greek literary testimonia ⓘ
later antiquarian accounts of Athenian festivals ⓘ
involves household-based rituals ⓘ
non-sacrificial offerings ⓘ
ritual phrases to dismiss spirits ⓘ
languageOfName Ancient Greek ⓘ
nameMeaning "Pots" ⓘ
partOf Anthesteria ⓘ
positionInSequence third day of Anthesteria ⓘ
primaryRitualFocus honoring spirits of the underworld ⓘ
offerings to the dead ⓘ
religiousCategory chthonic rite ⓘ
festival of the dead ⓘ
religiousFunction appeasement of the dead ⓘ
closing of Anthesteria rites ⓘ
ritual purification of the community ⓘ
ritualAction banishing spirits at the end of the day ⓘ
cooking mixed grains in pots ⓘ
leaving offerings rather than sharing them ⓘ
offering food to the dead ⓘ
ritualObjectUsed earthenware pots ⓘ
panspermia (mixture of seeds and grains) ⓘ
pots of boiled grains ⓘ
timeWithinFestival day after Choes ⓘ
two days after Pithoigia ⓘ
timeWithinYear month of Anthesterion ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anthesteria → hasPart → Chytroi ⓘ
Pithoigia → followedBy → Chytroi ⓘ