Eleutherai

…First, there was a festival that had been celebrated in Attic villages since ancient times, which included a procession with a giant phallus (phallus) and a free-spirited ceremony. Second, one of these village festivals, that of the village of Eleutherai, was moved to the city of Athens by the tyrant Peisistratos, and a temple was built on the southeastern foot of the Acropolis. This was called the Great Dionysia, and was celebrated with great pomp for five days every year in the month of Eraphebolion (around the end of March). From the late 6th century BC, tragedies and comedies began to be performed, and from the early 5th century BC, theaters were also built. …

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…第1に，古くからアッティカの村々で祝われていたものがあり，巨大な男根(ファロス)を掲げ持っての行列，無礼講的な儀式などが行われた。第2は，これら村々の祭りの一つ，エレウテライEleutherai村のものが僭主ペイシストラトスによりアテナイ市内へ移され，アクロポリス南東麓に神殿も建てられた。これは〈大ディオニュシア〉と呼ばれ，毎年エラフェボリオン月(3月末ころ)5日間にわたって盛大に祝われ，前6世紀後半から悲劇，前5世紀初頭から喜劇の競演が始められ，劇場も整備されていった。…

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