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Shortly before the meeting of the Assembly, a number of young pigs were immolated and a few drops of their blood were sprinkled on the seats of the Prytanes; this sacrifice was in honour of Ceres.
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The name, Amphitheus, contains the word, [Greek: Theos],
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Amongst other duties, it was the office of the Prytanes to look after the wants of the poor.
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The summer residence of the Great King.
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Referring to the hardships he had endured garrisoning the walls of Athens during the Lacedaemonian invasions early in the War.
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Cranaus, the second king of Athens, the successor of Cecrops.
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Lucian, in his 'Hermotimus,' speaks of these golden mountains as an apocryphal land of wonders and prodigies.