LITHOBO´LIA
LITHOBO´LIA (
λιθοβόλια), a festival celebrated at Troezen in commemoration of
two maidens who came there from Crete, and were stoned to death during the
civil broils of the place. (
Paus. 2.32,
6; Lobeck,
Aglaoph. 680; Hermann,
Reliq. Alterth. § 52.)
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