Apollo Carneius

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Apollo Carneius is a cult epithet of the Greek god Apollo particularly venerated in the Dorian regions, associated with pastoral life, music, and local festivals such as the Carneia in Sparta.

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Apollo Carneius canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf aspect of Apollo
cult epithet
associatedWith agricultural cycles
herds
music
pastoral life
associatedWithFestival Carneia
connectedFestival Spartan Carneia
cultType Dorian state cult
local cult
epithetOf Apollo
festivalImportanceInSparta one of the chief Spartan festivals
hasCulture Ancient Greek religion
hasDeity Apollo
hasEthnicAssociation Dorians
hasFestivalMonth Carneios
hasFestivalType harvest festival
military festival
hasGreekName Απόλλων
surface form: Ἀπόλλων Καρνεῖος
hasIconographicAssociation Apollo as pastoral protector
Apollo Musagetes
surface form: Apollo with lyre
hasLanguage Ancient Greek
hasMajorCultRegion Cyrene
Dorian colonies
Laconia
Peloponnese
Sparta
Thera
hasNameEtymology possibly from "karnos" or "karneios"
hasPrimarySanctuaryCity Sparta
hasRitualAssociation camp-like encampments during Carneia
regulation of warfare timing in Sparta
hasRitualElement athletic contests
musical contests
processions
sacrifices
linkedTo Dorian identity
Spartan state religion
religiousFunction protector of flocks
protector of the polis
regulator of seasonal cycles
timePeriodOfWorship Archaic Greece
Classical Greece
Hellenistic period
worshipContext military and communal organization
public civic cult
worshippedBy Dorians
surface form: Dorian Greeks

Spartans

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Apollo Karneios hasAlternativeName Apollo Carneius