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	Kerykes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Kerykes were one of the sacred Eleusinian families of priests that ran the Eleusinian mysteries during the Hellenic era.
		They popularized the cult and allowed many more to be initiated into the great secrets of Demeter and Persephone.
		Starting about 300 BCE, the state took over control of the Mysteries, specifically controlled by two familes: the Eumolpidae and the Kerykes.
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/k/ke/kerykes.html (120 words)

	Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, page 210 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Eleusis, however, continued to be the chief seat of the worship, and the highest priesthoods were hereditary in the Eleusinian families of the Eumolpidae and Kerykes.
		It was his duty to exhibit to the initiated the mysterious shrines, and probably to lead the performance of the hymns hauded down from his ancestors.
		The Keryx, 01 herald, was of the house of the Kerykes.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /seyffert/0213.html (715 words)

	EUMOLPUS - LoveToKnow Article on EUMOLPUS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Eleusinian mysteries were generally considered to have been founded by Eumolpus, the first priest of Demeter, but, according to some, by Eumolpus the son of Musaeus, Eumolpus the Thracian being the father of Keryx, the ancestor of the priestly family of the Kerykes.
		As priest, Eumolpus purifies Heracles from the murder of the Centaurs; as musician, he instructs him (as well as Linus and Orpheus) in playing the lyre, and is the reputed inventor of vocal accompaniments to the flute.
		His descendants, called Eumolpidae, together with the Kerykes, were the hereditary guardians of the mysteries (q.v.).
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /E/EU/EUMOLPUS.htm (321 words)

	Thats Greece / Áñèñï
		In line with the democratic principles of ancient Athens, this function was performed by citizens on a project basis and took the form of emissaries visiting a neighbouring city or state, rather than any permanent delegation or secondment.
		Emissaries were known as either "kerykes" or "presbeis".
		Kerykes simply delivered messages from the assembly and had no negotiating power.
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	Kerykes -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Kerykes were one of the sacred (Click link for more info and facts about Eleusinian) Eleusinian families of priests that ran the (Click link for more info and facts about Eleusinian Mysteries) Eleusinian Mysteries during the (Click link for more info and facts about Hellenic era) Hellenic era.
		Starting about 300 BC, the state took over control of the Mysteries, specifically controlled by two familes: the (Click link for more info and facts about Eumolpidae) Eumolpidae and the Kerykes.
		Men, women and even (A person who is owned by someone) slaves were allowed to be (Click link for more info and facts about initiated) initiated.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/K/Ke/Kerykes.htm (165 words)

	The Peloponnesian War Book I: Precursors
		Kerykes answered her, "They were divorced many years ago, almost twenty years ago.
		Kerykes tried to point out the facts, "Most of that land is undefined, Pericles, it belongs to no one.
		Though many at the table carried the knowledge that Kerykes was the Dadouchos, if that trust was to be broken, the truth uttered, the penalty would be the same no matter who violated it: death.
	www.xenafan.com /fiction/content2/precur1.html (11321 words)

	eleusian
		Kerykes continued, "Tomorrow is one of the most magnificent days of the entire festival.
		Kerykes shook his head as the warrior headed down the stairs.
		Kerykes advised caution, "Since the incident with Gabrielle's cider, it is clear our adversary knows of the two of you.
	www.xenafan.com /fiction/content/eleusian.html (14186 words)

	Eleusinian mysteries
		These rituals were kept secret, shown only to the initiated, and it was totally forbidden to speak of them publicly.
		In the Hellenistic age (300-150 BCE), the cult was taken over and run by the state, and two aristocratic families from Eleusis officiated (the Eumolpidae and Kerykes).
		In this age, mystery cults were becoming very popular, unlike classical Greece (400s BCE) when the Eleusinian mysteries were a rare form of worship.
	www.pantheon.org /articles/e/eleusinian_mysteries.html (688 words)

	Perseus Lookup Tool (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The names of her earliest priestesses, the daughters of Cecrops—Aglaurus, Pandrosus, and Hersé—signify the bright air, the dew, and the rain, and are mere personifications of their qualities, of such value to the Athenian territory.
		The other family which held a priesthood in the mysteries, the Kerykes, were said to have been descended from Keryx, the son of Eumolpus; though the family itself considered its ancestors to have been Hermes and Aglauros, daughter of Erechtheus, and so genuine Athenians (Pausan.
		According to Eleusinian tradition, the Kerykes traced their origin back to Keryx, a younger son of Eumolpus; but they themselves considered their ancestors to be Hermes and one of the daughters of Cecrops—Aglauros according to Pausanias (i.
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	- Glossary of Terms -
		DADOUKHOS - Torch-bearer, a priest especially in the Eleusinian mysteries; the dadoukhes at Eleusis was appointed from the Kerykes.
		Wooden images, usually of the Gods, carried in procession and used as part of a ritual.
		KERYKES - Eleusinian family from which priests of the mysteries were chosen.
	www.geocities.com /hiera_mysteria/logos.html (2555 words)

	Sceptre articles and news from Start Learning Now (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		It is represented on painted vases as a long staff tipped with a metal ornament, and is borne by some of the gods.
		It was this symbol of Zeus, the father of Olympus, that gave their inviolable status to the kerykes, the heralds, who were thus the precursors of modern diplomatic immunity.
		Etruscans sceptres of great magnificence were used by kings and upper orders of the priesthood, and many representations of such sceptres occur on the walls of the painted tombs of Etruria.
	www.startlearningnow.com /sceptre.htm (876 words)

	Classical Period - Politics
		Organizing it was the privilege of two famous clans: the Eumolpids and the Kerykes.
		The hierophant - the person presiding over the secret rites - was always a Eumolpid; while the dadouchos (torchholder) - who played a key part in the process of initiation - and the hierokeryx (sacred herald) were always Kerykes.
		The female priest of Demeter worked closely together with the hierophant, residing permanently in the shrine of Eleusis.
	www.fhw.gr /chronos/05/en/culture/4140eleusinia.html (397 words)

	Kerykes - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Kerykes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Here you will find more informations about Kerykes.
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		Men, women and even slaves were allowed to be initiated.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Kerykes.html (147 words)

	Hesperia: A Family of Eumolpidai and Kerykes descended from Pericles
		Hesperia: A Family of Eumolpidai and Kerykes descended from Pericles
		The inscription on a statue base (I 7483) found in the Agora Excavations provides information from the late second and early third century A.D. on intermarriage between families of the Eumolpidai and Kerykes, specifically the Casiani of Steiria of the genos of Eumolpidai and the Claudii of Melite of the genos of Kerykes.
		It allows us also to identify with high probability members of the Casiani with Eleusinian priests whose names have hitherto been known to us only in their hieronymous form.
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	Communication: An Essential Aspect of Diplomacy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In Ancient Greece Hermes, the divine messenger, was the deity of language and diplomacy, and the most prominent diplomatic emissaries, heralds (kerykes), were regarded as the offspring of Hermes.
		kerykes, heralds, in exchanges between city-states was a virtual acknowledgment that was existed even if it had not been declared (Adcock and Mosley, 1975: 153).
		To make a giant leap in history, a more contemporary example may illustrate the enduring symbolic significance of the selection of envoys.
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	Fizzy Hipster: that has made all the difference (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		I had to figure out how exactly I wanted to do this...the rollovers, the tables, the drop menu, the picture.
		The menu and rollovers I figured out by looking at other diaries, namely Kerykes and Tangent.
		Incidentally, these are two of the nicest diaries I've ever seen.
	www.fizzyhipster.com /archives/000236.php (461 words)

	The Eleusinian Mysteries part 2
		The first time it happened, Xena crawled into bed next to Gabrielle and held her, staying there the rest of the night, not sleeping until near dawn, when Gabrielle's pulse was slow and steady and her skin had regained some of its color.
		" Gabrielle remembered seeing Kerykes as the Dadouchos, Xena glared at her in warning, she continued, "Well, I was feeling guilty about having run out on you, so I tried to get back to the sanctuary but my way was blocked by the crowd.
		Kerykes, or the Dadouchos now, held a torch in each hand and led the initiates back to the gates.
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	Archaic Period - Society - Geni
		The priests of Athena Polias, to take one example, were always from the Eteobutadae.
		Other such priestly families were the Praxiergidae, the Eumolpidae, and the Kerykes.
		There were similar priestly families in many parts of Hellas, often combining priesthood with divination, medicine, music, or the function of herald: the Tillidae in Elis, the Asclepiadae in Cos, the Homeridae at Chios, or the Talthybiadae at Sparta.
	www.fhw.gr /chronos/04/en/society/214form_genos.html (283 words)

	Walter Burkert on the Eleusinian Mysteries
		VIII.65.4), and the huge Telesterion built by Ictinus, the architect of the Parthenon, held more than 3,000 mystai.
		The administration of the Mysteries was in the hands of the Athenian authorities, but the priestly functions inalienably belonged to the two families of the Eumolpids and the Kerykes.
		In investigations and lawsuits involving the Mysteries the non-initiated were bidden to leave the court; the majority would be those who ‘knew’.
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	EUMOLPUS (" sweet singer ") - Encyclopedia Britannica - EUMOLPUS (" sweet singer ") - JCSM's Study Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Eleusinian mysteries were generally considered to have been founded by Eumolpus, the first priest of Demeter, but, according to some, by Eumolpus the son of
		, Eumolpus the Thracian being the father of Keryx, the ancestor of the priestly family of the Kerykes.
		As priest, Eumolpus purifies Heracles from the murder of the Centaurs; as musician, he instructs him (as well as
	www.jcsm.org /StudyCenter/Encyclopedia_Britannica/EUD_FAT/EUMOLPUS_sweet_singer_.html (481 words)

	orangery (mine)
		I'm feeling distinctly unfit, and Mia's influenced me, so I'm going to do an exercise tape in a few minutes.
		Dear Kerykes, who designed this page for me, had had them stored on her geocities space, but geocities has apparently decided no more linking to outside pages, so now they're on my university space.
		Pretty good I learned that basic html, so I knew what I was doing to put them up, huh?
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