hieros gamos (English spelling) hierosgamos

Japanese: hieros gamos(英語表記)hierosgamos
hieros gamos (English spelling) hierosgamos

… Her most famous places of worship were Argos in the Peloponnese and the Ionian island of Samos, where she was the patron deity of the towns. In several places, including Argos and Samos, a sacred marriage ceremony was held to commemorate the marriage of Zeus and Hera, and at Plataea in Boeotia it was called the Daidala festival, named after a statue of Hera made of oak and carried to Mount Cithaeron in a cart with the maidens who accompanied the bride. In art, the principal idol of the Heraion (Temple of Hera) in Argos, made by Polykleitos (late 5th century BCE), was a gigantic seated figure of Hera wearing a crown, holding a pomegranate in one hand and a scepter with a cuckoo in the other, but today only a trace of her former appearance is found on Argosian coins. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "hieros gamos" are listed below.

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Japanese:

… 彼女の崇拝地としてはペロポネソス半島のアルゴスとイオニア地方のサモス島が名高く,両所では彼女は町の守護神でもあった。またアルゴス,サモスを含むいくつかの土地では,ゼウスとヘラの結婚を記念する〈聖婚hieros gamos〉の儀式が行われ,ボイオティア地方のプラタイアイのそれは,オークの木で作られ,花嫁に付き添う乙女とともに荷車でキタイロン山に運ばれるヘラの神像の名からダイダラDaidala祭と呼ばれていた。美術作品では,ポリュクレイトス(前5世紀後半)作のアルゴスのヘライオンHēraion(ヘラ神殿)の本尊,冠をいただき,一方の手にザクロ,他方にカッコウのとまった笏をもつ巨大なヘラの座像が有名であったが,いまではアルゴスの貨幣の図柄に往時の面影をとどめるにすぎない。…

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