Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)

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Aeōra

or Eōra (αἰώρα, ἐώρα).

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1.

A festival at Athens accompanied with sacrifices and banquets in commemoration of Erigoné (q.v.).

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2.

A swing, which was a favourite amusement in Greece, as in

Aeora, or Swing. (Panofka.)

modern times. The illustration shows a group engaged in swinging one another.