The Thargelia
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the Thargelia · Thargelia
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Against Meidias (Greek)
and also at the procession and contest of the Thargelia, it shall not be lawful on those days to distrain or to seize any debtors’ property, even if they are defaulters.
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On the Choreutes
The Athenian religious festival for which the defendant served as choregos, sponsoring and training the boys' chorus in which the boy who died performed.
When I was appointed Choregus for the Thargelia, Pantacles falling to me as poet and the Cecropid as the tribe that went with mine [;
Against Meidias
A festival whose procession and contest are covered by the cited law against seizure and violence.
and also at the procession and contest of the Thargelia, it shall not be lawful on those days to distrain or to seize any debtors’ property, even if they are defaulters.
On The Estate of Apollodorus
An Athenian religious festival at which Apollodorus formally presented the speaker to the altars and to his kindred as part of the adoption process.
When the Thargelia came round, he conducted me to the altars and to the members of the families and ward.