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Lampadon Hemera

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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Lampe, Friedrich Adolf
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(from λαμπάς, a torch and ἡμέρα, a day), the name given to the fifth day of the Eleusinian Mysteries (q.v.), because on that day the initiated marched two and two in procession, each with a torch in his hand, into the temple of Ceres at Eleusis.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Lampadon Hemera'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​l/lampadon-hemera.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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