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Aeginetan Commemoration

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In memory of this event, the Aeginetans celebrated a sacrifice to Poseidon, called the Thiasi, during which they would dine in silence, each family apart by itself, for the space of sixteen days, without the presence of slaves, and no outsiders were invited. After these sixteen days, they offered
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were killed in battle, and even more were lost during their return due to storms. Only a few managed to return to Aegina. However, in the midst of widespread mourning, neither the survivors nor their relatives who received them felt it was appropriate to celebrate or offer public religious
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Due to this ritual, in ancient Greece, the inhabitants of other cities referred to the Aeginetans as
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