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Birth:
Birth was celebrated in a ceremony that was very important for the Athenians especially if the child was a boy. This ceremony is called amphidromia. This is performed on the 5th or 7th day after a child is born and it is one of the rites of passages. The family and friends were invited to this ceremony and they often brought gifts for the newborn child. The house in which a amphidormia was covered in olive branches if the child was a boy or with garlands of wool if it was a baby girl.
Birth was celebrated in a ceremony that was very important for the Athenians especially if the child was a boy. This ceremony is called amphidromia. This is performed on the 5th or 7th day after a child is born and it is one of the rites of passages. The family and friends were invited to this ceremony and they often brought gifts for the newborn child. The house in which a amphidormia was covered in olive branches if the child was a boy or with garlands of wool if it was a baby girl.