A libation is a ritual pouring of a liquid as an offering to a deity or spirit, or in memory of the dead. It was common in many religions of antiquity...

Eumenides). The Oresteia trilogy consists of three plays: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, and The Eumenides. It shows how the Greek gods interacted with...

nephalia libations, as in alcohol-free offerings. There is a documented history of honey-based libations (μελίσπονδα, melísponda), including libations of mead...

inscriptions follow a standardized "libation formula", a formula also found on a few other objects, primarily vessels. The "libation formula" has been much studied...

Libation (2014) is the fourth album by Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars, following Radio Salone (2012). It was produced by Canadian singer-songwriter Chris...

phiale (Ancient Greek: φιάλη [pʰi.á.lɛː]) is a shallow ceramic or metal libation bowl. It often has a bulbous indentation (omphalos, "belly button") in...

Taoist Libationers (祭酒 ) were the primary religious professionals within the Way of the Celestial Masters. They served numerous roles within the early...

modern meters. The word comes from the Greek σπονδή, spondḗ, 'libation'. Sometimes libations were accompanied by hymns in spondaic rhythm, as in the following...

killer whale. The pointed end of the ikupasuy is known as the 'tongue'. The libation process is performed when the ikupasuy's ‘tongue' placed into a lacquerware...

and predicts that Prometheus will never escape his bonds. In Aeschylus' Libation Bearers, Electra calls upon Kratos, Dike ("Justice"), and Zeus to aid her...

Orgas Hero Cult Oracle and Pythia Sacrifices and offerings Holokaustos Libation Votive offering Animal Sacrifice Temples and holy sites Temple Temenos...

rites, and festivals. A libation is an offering involving the ritual pouring out of a liquid. In ancient Greece, such libations most commonly consisted...

her to order her daughter, Electra, to pour libations on Agamemnon's tomb (with the assistance of libation bearers) in hope of making amends. Orestes enters...

Greek: Σπονδη, romanized: Spondê, lit. 'libations') was the seventh Hora (Hour) who presided over the hour of libations poured after lunch. Sponde was sister...

communicate with the gods and commonly took the forms of sacrifice and libation. Offerings were central to the worship of both chthonic and ouranic gods...

part of the Libationer-Priest (hieroglyph). Although the main man-seated, adoration hieroglyph is not used in the Rosetta Stone, the Libation-priest is...

of daily life. Each home had a household shrine to offer prayers and libations to the family's domestic deities. Neighbourhood shrines and sacred places...

their society, the Ga people sacrificed livestock, prayed and poured libations to pacify the gods or deities. An intriguing aspect of the Ga Homowo tradition...

Hofmannsthal, Eugene O'Neill, and Jean-Paul Sartre. She is a vengeful soul in The Libation Bearers, the second play of Aeschylus' Oresteia trilogy. She plans out...

appears in public in pomp and dignity and goes to the stool house to pour libation, seeking blessing from the 77 gods of Oguaa state, who the people believe...

and torrents of water collected there from the innumerable donative libations of the Buddha over the ages created a flood. The flood washed away Mara...

Mugumo tree (a fig tree species). Occasions which may warrant sacrifice or libation include times of drought; epidemics; during planting and harvesting; and...

cultures today. Wine or other alcoholic drinks are often used for libation. Libation was part of ancient Egyptian society where it was a drink offering...

Orgas Hero Cult Oracle and Pythia Sacrifices and offerings Holokaustos Libation Votive offering Animal Sacrifice Temples and holy sites Temple Temenos...

the powerful by their clients, families and social inferiors. In 30 BC, libation-offerings to the genius of Octavian (later Augustus) became a duty at public...

Samothrace. The bowls used for the libation were also left behind, revealed by the thousands of discovered libation bowls at the cult sites. The participants...

Shinto Culture of Japan History of Japan Japanese mythology Jinja (Shinto) Libation Oomoto Religion in Japan Shinto music The Glossary of Shinto for an explanation...

lyric C5th B.C.) Aeschylus, Eumenides 415 ff. Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 400 ff. Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 691 ff. Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 69 ff...

celebrated on October 11 in honor of the new vintage, which was offered as libations to the gods for the first time each year. Though now obscure, the festival...

The drink offering (Hebrew ְנֶסֶך, nesekh) was a form of libation forming one of the sacrifices and offerings of the Law of Moses. The Hebrew noun nesekh...