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Cotyttia

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Religious festival of ancient Greece and Thrace
Scene on a third-century A.D.sarcophagus depicting anorgia

Cotyttia (Greek:Κοτύττια,Kotuttiā) was anorgiastic, nocturnalreligious festival ofancient Greece andThrace in celebration ofKotys, the goddess of sex, considered an aspect ofPersephone.[1][2]

Celebration

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Cotyttia originated with theEdones as a celebration of therape of Persephone.[2][3] ThroughoutThrace it was celebrated secretly in the hills at night,[4][5][6][7] and was notorious for its obscenity and insobriety.[3]

Through influence of trade and commerce, the Edonian form of the festival spread toAthens,Corinth, andChios,[1][2][7] where its mark became so pronounced that "companion of Cotytto" became synonymous with "slut".[6]

References

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  1. ^abSimpson, D. P. (1968).Cassell's Latin Dictionary. U.S.A.:Macmillan Publishing Co. p. 156.ISBN 0-02-522570-7.
  2. ^abcBell, John (2003).Bell's New Pantheon or Historical Dictionary of the Gods, Demi Gods, Heroes. Kessinger Publishing. p. 156.ISBN 0-7661-7834-X.
  3. ^abPeck, Harry Thurston (1897).Harper's Dictionary of Classical Literature and Antiquities. New York:Harper & Brothers Pub. pp. 421–422.
  4. ^Verity, A. Wilson (1891).Milton's Arcades and Comus. New York:Macmillan and Co. p. 94.
  5. ^Kennedy, Charles Rann (1856).The Orations of Demosthenes Against Leptines, Midias, Androtian, and Aristocrates. London: Henry G. Bohn. p. 276.
  6. ^abGow, James (1895).Q.horati Flacci Epodon liber. Cambridge:J. and C. F. Clay. p. 52.
  7. ^ab"Kotys".Theoi Greek Mythology. 2008. RetrievedFeb 4, 2009.
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