The sixth month of the Attic calendar is dedicated to the god Poseidon , who is called. This god, who rules the seas, which has the horse as he devoted animal and is represented iconographic a trident, starred alongside Athena, one of the most famous episodes of Greek mythology. When the Athenians were seeking a divinity that godfather, two deities were presented: Poseidon and Athena . Litigated between them for control of the city and the region of Attica : Athena offered the olive city, while Poseidon brought forth a spring of salt water . The Athenians did not hesitate to choose a patron goddess Minerva, and gave their name to the city. 
month, which corresponds December-January for our calendar not have too many festivals. The first festival, the Neomenia , we find the first day of the month _ the first day of each calendar month in the attic was called Neomenia or Noumenía (of ν έ ος, new , and μ ή ν, month, moon ) _ It's a party fixed from time immemorial was being held at the new moon of each month at Syria, Egypt , Greece and Rome . In Egypt the ceremony was conducted with great pomp animals corresponding to the blue sign that they would enter the Sun and Moon ; in Greece offered sacrifices to the gods, especially Apollo , considered the father of light, months, seasons, day and night . The Neomenia were held with public feasts and games which alternated between rich and poor without distinction, were addressed to the gods solemn prayers and religious homage paid tribute to heroes and demigods. Participants received this holiday season Neomeniastés name . In Greece this day was also dedicated to the goddess Hecate , according to some authors, or Selene , according to others. Hecate is the personification of the new moon, while it would Selene the Moon when it starts to be visible in its first quarter increase. The two end up being associated with the goddess Artemis and together, Hecate, Selene and Artemis, would result in one of the most magical syncretism of Greek religion, the goddess TriForma or Artemis of the three faces, representing the New Moon, Crescent Moon and Full Moon, which is a manifestation the changing nature of the Moon.
We do not know what was the cult of Hecate , but it is an ancient deity domestic and magic character is a deity threshold, in fact, his epithet is Hecate the front of the doors , also called the Giver of Visions . represents the most negative world and is feared dead. Protection of the spirits that are in the house , so regular cleaning is made as a purification for the spirits leave and were driven to the crossroads, which were also the territory of this deity. To placate her, smeared with oil stones of the crossroads and he made offerings of coca, pasta, bread, oil, honey or milk.
In Rome, on the other hand, these parties were called Calendas, the name given also the first day of each month. They made sacrifices and led prayers to the gods in gratitude for the benefits they dispensed. The Kalends of March were the most solemn , since, in principle, that month was the first of the year on your calendar.
regard to the dates of the festivals held this month remaining, there is little agreement. For Haloas there who points on 5 Posideón , while others were transferred to day 25 or 26. The same applies to the Agricultural Dionysia : according to some, were held on 10, 11, 13 and 14, while others lead to 27, 28 and 29 of the month.
We limit, therefore, to describe what they were these festivals.
The Agricultural Dionysia or The Piraeus. Ascoli.
is one of the many festivals that were held in Athens in honor of Dionysus . In general, we can say that Dionysia had practically the whole year and divided into ancient, modern, major, minor, picnics, vernal, autumnale, night ... With regard to that concern us, the countryside or Piraeus, also called Ascoli (gr. ἀ σκ ό ς, wineskin, flayed animal skin) had three parts: Thoinia, Ascoli, Iobacco , corresponding to each of the days were celebrated. In the first part, ie the first day, we have no news whatsoever, of the second, Ascoli, we know that jumping on one foot on a bottle filled with wine and rubbed with oil and contests that were made to see who managed to not fall or slip . We also perform a procession around a huge phallus, symbol of fertility, which sought to promote the productivity of fields planted in the fall . In it, a young carrying a basket full of raisins or nuts, and a pot of legumes offered to God, and leading a goat to sacrifice, because being an animal that kills the vine leaves to feed, is the enemy of Dionysus . The Phallus was conducted on long poles or sticks for Phallophoros , ministers of God, who crowns of violets and ivy on his head, and masks of green branches, phallic sang, sort of verses Free ; were then Ithyphallophoros that women dressed in white suits, adorned with garlands and flowers in their hands imitating the gestures of drunkenness . was a joyous festival in which participants sang, dancing and shouting obscenities at those who were on the road. Slaves were also involved. From s. V BC, demoi most important and rich added drama. The last day was the Iobacco (gr. ἰὼ Β ά κχε ), in which the maenads invoked the god of joy and shouting samples ἰὼ Β ά κχε!
The Haloas (gr. ἁ λω ά ς, was where the grain was threshed )
Celebration, in honor of Demeter, Core and Dionysus. It is a feast of purification . The party was reserved for women and included the disclosure of secrets relating to femininity. Part of the festival was the profession of obscenities, which the company had sex symbols and abundant libations of wine . Haloas The began in Athens and ended in Eleusis, where the judges were preparing a meal with products from the land and sea, except those that were banned in the Eleusinian Mysteries : pomegranates, apples, eggs, etc. When the banquet was ready, he left everything in the hands of women.
women spent all night watching the light and heat from the fires . The city gave them firewood, in addition to the floorboards.
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