Cerealia
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| Cerealia |
| Observed by | Ancient Romans |
| Type | Pagan, Historical |
| Date | April 12 |
| Celebrations | Games of Ceres |
Spring , by
Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1894), oil on canvas,179.2 x 80.3 cm, J. Paul
Getty Museum,
Los Angeles. It depicts the Cerealia in a Roman street. One of Tadema's most famous and popular works, it took him four years to complete. The models for many of the participants and spectators were Tadema's friends and members of his family
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Cerealia was a 7-day festival celebrated in ancient Rome in honor of the goddess Ceres. The exact dates of the April festival are uncertain: it may have started on April 12 and ended on April 19 (Or it may have started on the Ides of April, i.e. April 13, or even on April 7.)
In Rome, this was the primary festival of Ceres and was accompanied by the Ludi Ceriales or "Games of Ceres" in the Circus Maximus. Ovid's description (Fasti iv.494) mentions that Ceres/Demeter's search for her lost daughter Proserpina was represented by women clothed in white, running about with lighted torches.
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- ^ Swanson, Alma-Tadema, p. 130
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Cerealia
Cerealia era un festival de siete días celebrado en Roma antigua en honor de la diosa Ceres. Las fechas exactas del festival de abril son inciertas: pudo haber comenzado el 12 de abril y haber terminado el 19 de abril (o pudo haber comenzado en el Ides de abril, es decir 13 de abril, o aún el 7 de abril.) En Roma, éste era el festival primario de Ceres y fue acompañado por el Ludi Ceriales o " Juegos de Ceres" en el circo Maximus. Ovid' menciones de la descripción de s (Fasti iv.494) que Ceres/Demeter' la búsqueda de s para su hija perdida Proserpina fue representada por las mujeres arropadas en el blanco, funcionando alrededor con las antorchas encendidas.
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