Hilaria
Sign in to saveThe Hilaria (; Latin "the cheerful ones", a term derived from the borrowed adjective "cheerful, merry") were ancient Roman religious festivals celebrated on the March equinox to honor Cybele.
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It sits within the topics Ancient Roman festivals, Cybele and Infobox holiday (other).
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Instance of
- festival
- Part of
- ancient Roman religion
- Dedicated to
- Cybele
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- Hilaria
- day in year for periodic occurrence
- March 25
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
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The Hilaria (; Latin "the cheerful ones", a term derived from the borrowed adjective "cheerful, merry") were ancient Roman religious festivals celebrated on the March equinox to honor Cybele.
==Origins== The term seems originally to have been a name which was given to any day or season of rejoicing. The hilaria were, therefore, according to Maximus the Confessor either private or public. Among the former, he thinks it the day on which a person married, and on which a son was born; among the latter, those days of public rejoicings appointed by a new emperor. Such days were devoted to general rejoicings and public sacrifices, and no one was allowed to show any symptoms of grief or sorrow.
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