ἐλευθέρια

eleutheria-2

festival of Liberty

Appears 10 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Politics 4
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Book VII 1
Chapter 16 1334b29–1336a2

1335b11
Book VIII 3
Chapter 2 1337a33–1337b23

1337b5
1337b15

Chapter 3 1337b24–1338b8

1338b3
Nicomachean Ethics 2
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Book I 1
Chapter 8 1098b9–1099b8

1099a20
Book X 1
Chapter 8 1178a9–1179a32

1178a29
Rhetoric 2
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Book I 2
Chapter 5 1360b4–1362a14

1361a16
1361a17
History of Animals 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 1 486a5–488b28

488b16
Oeconomica 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 5 1344a23–1344b21

1344a28

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐλευθέρια(sc. ἱερά), τά, A. festival of Liberty, held every four years at Plataea, in memory of the battle there, Posidipp. 29, D.S. 11.29, Paus. 9.2.6, etc.; at Syracuse, in memory of the restoration of the republic, D.S. 11.72; at Samos, in honour of Eros, Erxias ap. Ath. 13.562a: generally, ἐ. θύειν Henioch. 5.10. II. thanksgiving for liberty, IG 9(2).1034(Thess.).

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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