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Daphnephoria
[daf-nuh-fawr-ee-uh, -fohr-]
noun
an ancient Greek festival in honor of Apollo.
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DAPHNEPHORIA, a festival held every ninth year at Thebes in Boeotia in honour of Apollo Ismenius or Galaxius.
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Even his "Cimabue's Madonna" and the "Daphnephoria" suggest bas-reliefs.
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That curious ritual of the Daphnephoria, familiar to many English people from Sir Frederick Leighton's picture, is believed to have symbolised the year.
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"Egyptian Slinger" was Leighton's principal work exhibited in 1875, "The Daphnephoria" already engrossing most of his time and thought.
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From some points of view "The Daphnephoria" is Leighton's greatest achievement.
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