Daedala

[deed-l-uh]

noun

(sometimes used with a plural verb)

1. either of two festivals held in ancient Boeotia in honor of the reconciliation of Hera with Zeus, one Little Daedala being held every 6 years, the other Great Daedala, every 59 years.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Daedala¹

< Greek Daídala (neuter plural), noun use of daídalos daedal

Example Sentences

The sacred marriage, therefore, though connected with vegetation at the Daedala, was not necessarily a vegetation-charm in its origin; consequently, it does not prove that Hera was an earth-goddess or tree-spirit.

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In the Daedala, as the festival was called at Plataea, an effigy was made from an oak-tree, dressed in bridal attire, and carried in a cart with a woman who acted as bridesmaid.

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The epithet 'daedala,' by which this subtlety is expressed is applied not only to Nature, but to the earth as the sphere in which the elements are most largely mixed, and the creative forces most powerfully active.

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But the sense of will, freedom, individual life, is so strong in Lucretius, that we think of the 'natura daedala rerum' rather as a personal power, with attributes in some respects analogous to those of man, than as a being in whose existence all other life is merged.

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The Gods receive all things from her bounty,— Omnia suppeditat porro Natura,68— and the lower animals who 'wage no foolish strife with her' have their wants also abundantly satisfied:— Quando omnibus omnia large Tellus ipsa parit Naturaque daedala rerum69.

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