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Daedala
[ deed-l-uh ]
noun
, (sometimes used with a plural verb)
- either of two festivals held in ancient Boeotia in honor of the reconciliation of Hera with Zeus, one Little Daedala being held every 6 years, the other Great Daedala, every 59 years.
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This mountain, too, was the scene of the mystic rites of Dionysus, and the festival of the Daedala in honour of Hera.
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Not as a deliberate achievement of human wisdom, so much as a work of Nature the Designer of things—Natura daedala rerum.
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Natura daedala rerum is no longer allowed to go on her own recognizances, without divulging the ways and means of her workmanship.
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