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χ35ΧαλκεῖαChalkeia, BronzesAn ancient [sc. Athenian] festival popular long ago, but subsequently observed by the craftsmen only, because Hephaestus worked bronze in Attica. It is on the last day of [the] month Pyanepsion; also the day …highshort
χ43Χαλκιδικὸν δίωγμαChalkidian pursuit, Chalcidian pursuitAt the Thesmophoria [festival] at Athens [there was] a certain ritual [commemorating an occasion when] in wartime the women had prayed that the enemy be pursued, and what happened was that they were expelled …highshort
χ46ΧαλκίοικοςBronze-House, of the Bronze House; Chalkioikos[An epithet of] Athena in Sparta. [The term arose] either because she has a bronze house; or because it is a solid one; or because exiles from Chalkis [Myth, Place] in Euboia founded it.

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Chalkeia, Bronzes

An ancient [sc. Athenian] festival popular long ago, but subsequently observed by the craftsmen only, because Hephaestus worked bronze in Attica. It is on the last day of [the] month Pyanepsion; also the day when…

Χαλκεῖα· ἑορτὴ ἀρχαία καὶ δημώδης πάλαι, ὕστερον δὲ ὑπὸ μόνων ἤγετο τῶν τεχνιτῶν, ὅτι ὁ Ἥφαιστος ἐν τῇ Ἀττικῇ χαλκὸν εἰργάσατο. ἔστι δὲ ἕνῃ καὶ νέᾳ τοῦ Πυανεψιῶνος· ἐν ᾗ καὶ…

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χ62Χὰμ σκηνώματαHam's quarters[Meaning] Egypt. Since Mesrem was the son of Ham, Egypt [is] "Mesrem." That which today is called "Meser".highshort

χ195ΧέλυςchelusA kithara. Also [sc. attested is] the tortoise, the shell-backed [creature].highshort

χ358Χλωρόςpale-green, yellow-green[The words] xloero/s and xlwro/s ["pale green"] [are derived] from xolh/ ["bile"], and from this the [word] w)xro/s ["sallow"] [also comes]. And [sc. also attested is] xlwro/ths ["greenness"].highshort

χ362Χοᾶchous; pitcher[*xoa= means the same as] xou=s, an Attic measure, containing eight kotulai. Aristophanes [writes]: "come to dinner quickly, bringing your basket [and your pitcher]." For those inviting [people] to dinner used to provide the …highmedium

χ369ΧόεςChoes, PitchersIt is a festival in Athens held in the month of Anthesterion. They say that the festival came about thus, when Orestes, after killing his mother, came into Athens and [the] Athenians welcomed him …highmedium

χ370ΧόεςPitchers, ChoesIt was a particular festival amongst Athenians, celebrated on the twelfth [day] of [the] month Anthesterion. But Apollodorus says that Anthesteria is the name for the festival as a whole, celebrated in honour of …highmedium

χ586ΧρυσοχοεῖονgoldsmithyDinarchus says: "for when he again stopped going to Aeschines and [went] to this man, it is clear that he was learning to 'to smelt gold', but not [so much] to perform what was …highmedium

χ622ΧύτροιPotsA festival at Athens; on a single day both the Pitchers and the Pots used to be held; in it they would boil every [kind of] seed in a pot and sacrifice it to …highmedium