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P. and V. τελετή, ἡ, or pl., τέλος, τό, or pl., Ar. and P. τὰ νομιζόμενα, τὰ ἱερά, V. ἱρά. Mystic rites: P. and V. μυστήρια, τά; see mysteries. Bacchic rites: V. βακχεύματα, τά, τελεταὶ εὔιοι, αἱ; see bacchanalia. Do you perform your rites by day or night? τὰ δʼ ἱρὰ νύκτωρ ἢ μεθʼ ἡμέραν τελεῖς; (Eur., Bacch. 485). Begin the rites: V. κατάρχεσθαι, P. κατάρχεσθαι τῶν ἱερῶν (of. Ar., Av. 959), προκατάρχεσθαι τῶν ἱερῶν, Ar. and P. ἀπάρχεσθαι (Xen.). Begin the rites by taking the meal from the baskets: V. ἐξάρχου κανᾶ (Eur., I.A. 435). He shall begin the rites with offering of meal and lustrations: V. προχύτας χέρνιβάς τʼ ἐνάρξεται (Eur., I.A. 955). President of the rites: P. ἱεροποιός, ὁ.