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Celebration of Adonia in Antioch (1)

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Festival of Tammuz (Tammuz/summer solstice)
03 Religious festivals, cults, rituals and practices
03.01 Public festivals
03.01.03 Festival of Tammuz (Tammuz/summer solstice)
Travel Omens
05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore
05.02 Omen interpretation
05.02.02 Terrestrial omens (Šumma ālu)
05.02.02.06 Travel Omens
Wailing of Tammuz
03 Religious festivals, cults, rituals and practices
03.01 Public festivals
03.01.03 Festival of Tammuz (Tammuz/summer solstice)
03.01.03.01 Wailing of Tammuz

Keywords
Adonis
festivals

Period
4th century CE
Roman Empire

Channel
Roman philosophers and scholars

Text
Ammianus Marcellinus 22.9.15:
Now, it chanced that at same time the annual cycle was completed and they were celebrating, in the ancient fashion, the festival of Adonis … a festival which is symbolic of the reaping of the ripe fruits of the field. … And it seemed a gloomy omen, as the emperor now for the first time entered the great city, … that on all sides melancholy wailing was heard and cries of grief.

Source (list of abbreviations) (source links will open in a new browser window)
Ammianus Marcellinus 22.9.15

Bibliography

Mettinger 2001, 117

Mettinger, T. Riddle of Resurrection. "Dying and Rising Gods" in the Ancient Near East. Coniectanea Biblica Old Testament Series 50. Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell International 2001.

Amar Annus

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