Ascolia
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Ascolia
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Ascolia, in Ancient Greece, was a yearly feast that the peasants of Attica celebrated in honor of Dionysus. The rites included sacrificing a goat, chosen because goats were prone to eating and destroying grapevines, and using its skin to make a football, which was filled with wine and smeared in oil. Festival participants then competed against each other by trying to leap onto it in a game that gave the festival its name; the one who remained standing at the end of the contest won the wineskin a
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Feast of Attica celebrated in honor of Dionysus
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascolia
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2023-03-14T18:37:40Z
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