anaktoron
anaktoron noun: a palace that only hierophants were permitted to enter as part of the Eleusinian Mysteries.
Noun
anaktoron (plural anaktora)
- A palace that only hierophants were permitted to enter as part of the Eleusinian Mysteries.
- Most scholars name the rectangular enclosure anaktoron, locate in it the throne of the hierophant, and suppose that from it emanated the central revelation which occurred, in Plutarch's phrase, ‘when the anaktora were opened’. But it is also argued that anaktoron/anaktora refer always, as they...2005, Robert Parker, Polytheism and Society at Athens, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 351
- Synonyms:
- telesterion
Synonyms of anaktoron
Forms of anaktoron
| plural | anaktora |
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Origin of anaktoron
From Ancient Greek ἀνακτόρῐος (anaktórĭos, “belonging to a lord”), from ἀνάκτωρ (anáktōr, “lord”), from ἄναξ (ánax, “lord”).
Questions about anaktoron
- What does anaktoron mean?
- Anaktoron means a palace that only hierophants were permitted to enter as part of the Eleusinian Mysteries.
- What part of speech is anaktoron?
- Anaktoron is a noun.
- What is the plural of anaktoron?
- The plural of anaktoron is anaktora.
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