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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Lucretius specifies among the 'deliciae vitae' Carmina, picturas, et daedala signa2; and, in more than one place, he writes, with sympathetic admiration, of the charm of instrumental music,   Musaea mele per chordas organici quae Mobilibus digitis expergefacta figurant3.

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And he had not only the 'suavis lingua diti de pectore'; he had also the 'daedala lingua,'—the formative energy which shapes words into new forms and combinations.

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But this puissant and joy-giving energy, personified in the 'Alma Venus genetrix,' is only one of the aspects which the 'Natura daedala rerum' of Lucretius presents to man.

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