See also:

• PYANEPSIA, or PYANOPSIA (from Gr. iruavos = Keayos, bean, and aka)

PYANEPSIA, or PYANOPSIA (from Gr. iruavos = Keayos, See also:

• BEAN (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Bohne)

bean, and aka)  , to See also:

• BOIL

boil), an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient festival 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:

• APOLLO (Gr. 'A2r6XXwv,'Airkkhwv)

Apollo, held at See also:

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

Athens on the 7th of the See also:

• MONTH
• MONTH (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maand, Dan. maaned, &c., and cognate with Lat. mensis, Gr. µi7v, &c., in other branches of the Indo-Germanic family; all ultimately from the root seen in the word for the moon in nearly all those languages

month Pyanepsion (See also:

• OCTOBER

October) . A See also:

• HODGE, CHARLES (1797-1878)

hodge-podge of See also:

• PULSE

pulse was prepared and offered to Apollo (in his capacity as See also:

• SUN
• SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

sun See also:

• GOD

god and ripener of fruits) and the Horae, as the first-fruits of the autumn See also:

• HARVEST (A.S. hcerfest " autumn," O.H. Ger. herbist, possibly through an old Teutonic root representing Lat. car pere, " to pluck ")

harvest . Another offering on this occasion was the eiresione . This was a See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of See also:

• OLIVE (Olea europaea)

olive or See also:

• LAUREL

laurel, See also:

• BOUND, or BOUNDARY (from O. Fr. bonde, Med. Lat. bodena or butina, a frontier line)

bound with See also:

• PURPLE

purple or See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white See also:

• WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool, See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round which were hung various fruits of the See also:

• SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season, pastries, and small jars of See also:

• HONEY (Chin. me ; Sansk. madhu, mead, honey; cf. A.S. medo, medu, mead; Gr. p Xt, in which 0 or b is changed into X; Lat. mel ; Fr. miel ; A.S. hung ; Ger. Honig)

honey, oil and See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine . It was intended as a thank-offering for blessings received, and at the same See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time as a See also:

• PRAYER (from Lat. precari, entreat; Ital. pregaria, Fr. priere)
• PRAYER, BOOK OF COMMON

prayer for similar blessings and See also:

• PROTECTION

protection against evil in future; hence, it was called a " suppliant " branch (iKe-rrlpia) . The name is generally derived from eipos (wool) in reference to the woollen bands, but some connect it with €Vpe v (to speak), the eiresione being regarded as the " spokesman " of the suppliants . It was carried in procession by a boy whose parents were both alive to the See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple of Apollo, where it was suspended on the See also:

• GATE

gate . The doors of private houses were similarly adorned . The branch was allowed to hang for a See also:

• YEAR

year, when it was replaced by a new one, since by that time it was supposed to have lost its virtue . During the procession a See also:

• CHANT (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. cantare, to sing; an old form is " chaunt ")

chant (also called eiresione) was sung, the See also:

• TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text of which has been preserved in See also:

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

Plutarch (See also:

• THESEUS

Theseus, 22): " Eiresione carries See also:

• FIGS

figs and See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich cakes; Honey and oil in a See also:

• JAR

jar to anoint the limbs; And pure wine, that she may be drunken and go to See also:

• SLEEP (0. Eng. slcepan; Ger. schlafen; cf. Lat. labi, to glide, and " slip ")

sleep." The semi-personification of eiresione will be noticed; and, according to Mannhardt, the branch " embodies the See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree-spirit conceived as the spirit of vegetation in See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general, whose vivifying and fructifying See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence is thus brought to See also:

• BEAR
• BEAR, BLACK
• BEAR, BROWN
• BEAR, GRIZZLY
• BEAR, ISABELLINE
• BEAR, WHITE

bear upon the See also:

• CORN (a common Teutonic word; cf. Lat. granum, seed, grain)
• CORN (fromm Lat. corms, horn)

corn in particular." Aetiologists connected both offerings with the Cretan expedition of Theseus, who, when driven ashore at See also:

• DELOS

Delos, vowed a thank-offering to Apollo if he slew the See also:

• MINOTAUR (Gr. Mcvcn -avpos, from Mews, and Taps, bull)

Minotaur, which after-wards took the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of the eiresione and Pyanopsia . To explain the origin of the hodge-podge, it was said that his comrades on landing in See also:

• ATTICA

Attica gathered up the scraps of their provisions that remained and prepared a See also:

• MEAL

meal from them . See W .

Mannhardt, Wald- and Feld/See also:

• MITE

mite (1905), ii . 214, for an exhaustive See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the eiresione and its analogies; J . G . Frazer, The See also:

• GOLDEN

Golden Bough (1900), i . 190; J . E . See also:

• HARRISON
• HARRISON, BENJAMIN
• HARRISON, FREDERIC (1831— )
• HARRISON, JOHN (1693—1776)
• HARRISON, THOMAS (16o6-166o)
• HARRISON, THOMAS ALEXANDER (1853– )
• HARRISON, WILLIAM (1534–1593)
• HARRISON, WILLIAM HENRY (1773–1841)

Harrison, Prolegomena to See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

Religion (1908), ch . 3; L . R . Farnell, Cults of the Greek States (1907), iv . 286 .