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3. Theoxenia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
3.1. O�ferings of food in the cult of the gods and the cult of the dead . . 276
3.2. The use and meaning of theoxenia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
3.3. Theoxenia in hero-cults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
4. Thysia sacrifices followed by dining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
4.1. Animal sacrifice ending with a meal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
4.2. Sacrifices to heroes at which the victims were eaten . . . . . . . . 293
Chapter IV — The ritual pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
1. The sacrificial rituals of Greek hero-cults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
1.1. Thysia followed by dining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
1.2. Theoxenia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
1.3. Blood rituals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
1.4. Destruction sacrifices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
2. The Olympian-chthonian distinction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
2.1. Ou phora . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
3. Thysia and powerful actions: low-intensity and high-intensity rituals . . . 325
4. Immortality-mortality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
5. The heterogeneity of heroes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
6. Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Appendix — The sacrificial calendars of Attica . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
1. The sacrificial calendar from the deme Thorikos, c. 430 BC . . . . . . . 343
2. The sacrificial calendar of the deme Marathon, c. 400–350 BC . . . . . . 345
3. The sacrificial calendar of the deme Erchia, c. 375–350 BC . . . . . . . 347
4. The sacrificial calendar of the genos of the Salaminioi, 363/2 BC . . . . . 352
Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
List of illustrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
Indexes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
Inscriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
Ancient authors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
Greek terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409
General index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413