Daphnephoria

[ daf-nuh-fawr-ee-uh, -fohr- ]

noun

1. an ancient Greek festival in honor of Apollo.

Example Sentences

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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The porter's request was granted, and it was during that short half-hour that I seemed for the first time fully to realise the great qualities of "The Daphnephoria"; the room being empty, it could be seen from the right distance, and the conception of the work and its completion spoke out very plainly and convincingly.

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