AGROTERAS THUSIA  , an See also:

• ANNUAL

annual festival held at Agrae near See also:

• ATHENS
• ATHENS ['AN vat, Athenae, modem colloquial Greek `Ath va]

Athens, in See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of See also:

• ARTEMIS

Artemis Agrotera, in fulfilment of a See also:

• VOW (Lat. votum, vow, promise: cf. VOTE)

vow made by the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, before the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• MARATHON

Marathon, to offer in See also:

• SACRIFICE (from Lat. sacrificium; sacer, holy, and facere, to make)

sacrifice a number of goats equal to that of the Persians slain in the conflict . The number being so See also:

• GREAT

great, it was decided to offer 500 goats yearly . See See also:

• PLUTARCH
• PLUTARCH (Gr. llXoi rapxos) (c. A.D. 46–120)

Plutarch, De Malignitate Herodoti, 26; See also:

• XENOPHON

Xenophon, Anab. iii . 2 . I2; See also:

• AELIAN (AELIANUS TACTICUS)
• AELIAN (CLAUDIUS AELIANUS)

Aelian, See also:

• VAR

Var . Hist. ii . 25; Schol. on See also:

• ARISTOPHANES
• ARISTOPHANES (c. 448–385 B.e.1)

Aristophanes, See also:

• SHIITES (from Arab. shi`a, a party, and then a sect)

Shiites, 66o .