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Xenakis: Kegrops / Dallapiccola: Piccola musica notturna / Paolo Perezzani: Primavera dell'anima / Henze: Sinfische Intermezzi; Manadenjagd aus de Oper Die Bassariden
; ...throughout this extremely difficult work. To set the scene, Cecrops, or Kegrops, a native of Sais in Egypt, led a colony to Attica...founder of Athens. Cecropidae was the ancient name of Athenians. Cecrops was the first to raise a temple.to Jupiter in Greece and he...
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The Easter bun - popular and sacred
; ...Greeks and Egyptians ate small cakes or buns in honour of the 'queen of heaven', the goddesses Eastre as early as the days of Cecrops, the founder of Athens, 1,500 years before Christ. Hot cross buns were first baked by the Saxons in honour of Eastre. The word...
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the epic tale of olive oil
; ...Poseidon to be the patron deity of the then-unnamed Athens, presented the city the very first olive tree. The city's king, Cecrops, accepted the olive tree, which would later bring Athens wood, oil, food, and prominence in the Mediterranean basin. As olive...
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LOOKING BACK
; ...is a former Salemite, has a butterfly named after him. Dr. Carl Gottschalk ... discovered the butterfly now known as Strymon cecrops gottschalki when he was a high school student in Salem." n "The end of steam railroading has come a step closer. The Norfolk...
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