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Rituals and Rites of Forgotten Epochs
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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  • 1. Athenian grand festival celebrating Athena, with processions and poetic contests
  • 2. Hypothetical ancient festival hypothesized to honor harvest deities
  • 3. Festival from ancient Anatolia with ecstatic rites and sacred dances
  • 4. Roman festivity of role reversals and liberty, marking winter solstice
  • 9. Hellenistic celebration of emergence or divine manifestation
  • 11. Obscure lost ritual reputedly heralding divine messages
  • 13. Old Roman festival venerating the vintage and Viticulture deities
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  • 5. Region where Akitu festival marked new year and cosmic order
  • 6. Obscure Roman supplication festival to dispel disease and lethargy
  • 7. Sacred feast invoking celestial forces, possibly Roman or Etruscan origin
  • 8. Ceremonial observance devoted to Magna Mater, the Great Mother goddess
  • 10. Ceremony linked to the high priestess of the Roman flamines
  • 12. Athenian festival involving purification and offerings to Apollo
  • 14. Ancient Greek festival notable for drama contests honoring the god of wine
  • 15. Roman nocturnal rites to appease restless dead

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