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Arcane Revelries of Forgotten Epochs
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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  • 1. Reversed social order celebrations held in midwinter for an ancient Roman deity
  • 2. Mystery cult festival centered on Demeter's secret rites of agricultural rebirth
  • 3. Obscure festival honoring lost continent myths, once thought to mark ancestral spirits' return
  • 5. Pre-Lenten masquerade festival with roots in ancient Roman ritual excess
  • 6. Lost Roman festival dedicated to the goddess of fruit trees and orchards
  • 8. Agrarian procession and sacrifice marking blessings on fields and crops
  • 9. Etymological root of purification rites in early Rome, marking a spring cleansing
  • 11. Mesopotamian seasonal lamentation festival mourning a dying god of vegetation
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  • 4. Metaphorical naming for a festival of light and shadow, alluding to seasonal transition rites
  • 7. Ritualistic purification rites involving goats and fertility, observed near Rome’s mythical wolf cave
  • 10. Lesser-known celebration of Athena incorporating martial dances and sacred dedications
  • 12. Athenian festival involving twin sacrifices to cleanse civic sin and honor Apollo
  • 13. A cryptic derivative alluding to Saturn-themed midwinter festivities with secret rites
  • 14. Ancient rite involving the conjuration of the dead, derived from Homeric visions
  • 15. Elaborate Athenian festival marked by theatrical contests in honor of the god of wine

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