Amphidromia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23725458 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard Hamilton (0000-0002-0076-4276, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Publication date | 2012-10-26 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | The Encyclopedia of Ancient History (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah17030 |
| OpenAlex | W4232499833 |
| ISBN | 9781444338386 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
The Greek birth ceremony called the Amphidromia (“run‐around”) is defined only in a few fragmentary late dictionaries and commentaries on various classical texts, and there is a good chance that these definitions are simply guesses based on the name itself and the understanding that the ceremony involved a newborn: a group (midwives? Naked males?) ran around something (the family hearth? the child?) five or seven (or ten) days after the baby was born. A few sources add that friends and relatives sent octopus or squid as gifts.
Archaeology · Art · Ceremony · Genealogy · Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy · History
| Highly cited | No |
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