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grbs-12921	Nakassis, Dimitri	Athens, Kylon, and the Dipolieia	2011	19	.pdf	application/pdf	7111	304	57	Unlike the Oresteia, however, the trials in the Dipolieia and Kylon narrative result in a guilty verdict which serves to deflect the ritual pollution resulting from violence away from the community through banishment of a single object or family. Nakassis ————— Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies 51 (2011) 363–381 2011 Dimitri Nakassis Athens, Kylon, and the Dipolieia Dimitri Nakassis HE ATHENIAN FESTIVAL known as the Dipolieia or Bouphonia has been central to studies of Greek sacrifice for the past century, yet there remains little consensus on its interpretation.1 For some, the festival exposes the anxieties inherent in all Greek sacrificial practice, and by overcoming them, constitutes the strongest possible justification for sacrifice.2 Others argue that Greeks felt little anxiety about animal sacrifice, and that the Bouphonia made “a distinct sym- bolic statement” related to the slaughter of a particular victim, the plow ox, in a particular city, Athens, where killing this animal was formally prohibited by an annual curse.3 Contem- porary criticism of the festival has reached an impasse, as both approaches pose difficulties.	cache/grbs-12921.pdf	txt/grbs-12921.txt