ἐλευθέρια

ἐλευθ-έρια (sc. ἱερά), τά,

• festival of Liberty, held every four years at Plataea, in memory of the battle there, Posidipp. 29, D.S. 11.29, Paus. 9.2.6, etc.; at Syracuse, in memory of the restoration of the republic, D.S. 11.72; at Samos, in honour of Eros, Erxias ap. Ath. 13.562a: generally, ἐ. θύειν Henioch. 5.10.
• • II thanksgiving for liberty, IG 9(2).1034 (Thess.).

ἐλευθέρια, τά, Opfer für Befreiung, ἐλευθέριʼ ἀφίκοντο θύσουσαι, ἅτε τῶν. φόρων ἐγένοντʼ ἐλεύθεραι Henioch. Stob. fl. 43.27 ; bes. Freiheitsfest zu Platää, alle 5 Jahre zum Andenken an den Sieg über die Perser gefeiert, DS. 11.29, Paus. 9.2.6, Plut. Arist. 21 ; in Syracus, zum Andenken an die Abschaffung der Tyrannis des Thrasybul, DS. 11.72. – In Samos ein Fest zu Ehren des Eros, Ath. XIII.562a.