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Polyandrion

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beehive tombnounA dome-shaped tomb, or tholos.
myrologynounA dirge sung over a grave in Greece
tholosnounA dome, or domed building; a cupola.
hecatombnoun(figuratively, literary and poetic) A great number of animals, people, or things that are sacrificed or destroyed; any great sacrifice; also (generally), a large amount.
thanatocracynounThe carrying out of mass and organized killing as an official policy of a state.
androsphinxnounA sphinx with the head of a man.
tropaionnounAn ancient Greek or Roman monument set up to commemorate a victory over foes, and typically shaped like a tree, sometimes with a pair of arm-like branches.
amphidromianoun(historical) In Ancient Greece, a ceremonial feast celebrated on the fifth or seventh day after the birth of a child.
arionnounA Greek poet
adonianoun(historical) An annual festival celebrated by women in ancient Greece to mourn the death of Adonis, the consort of Aphrodite.
xenismosnounA ritual offering of a meal in Ancient Greece.
myriologuenoun(dated) In Greece, a funeral song composed and sung by a woman on the death of a friend
mænadnounArchaic form of maenad. [(Greek mythology, also attributive) A female follower of Dionysus (“the god of wine”), associated with intense revelling.]
agalmanounA cult image or votive offering.
dithyrambosnounAlternative form of dithyramb. [A raucous and ardent choral hymn sung in ancient Athens in honor of the god Dionysus.]
mythonymnounAn eponym originating in mythology.
agathodaemonnounA benevolent spirit, as opposed to a cacodemon (an evil daemon).
mortuary polenounA totem pole erected in memory of a deceased person, holding their body or ashes.
tauropolionnoun(historical) A temple in a temenos sacred to Artemis Tauropolos, in the north Aegean island of Doliche (now Ikaria).
mammetrynoun(obsolete) The religion of Muhammad: Islam.

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