The season or festival of meats in ancient or traditional Greek culture; the carnival or pre-Lenten festivities.
From Greek apo- (related to) + kreas (meat). The term refers to festivals centered around meat-eating before periods of abstinence, similar to 'Mardi Gras.'
This is the Greek version of 'mardi gras'—'apokreos' was the meat festival where people ate meat in celebration before religious fasting periods, marking the final indulgence before abstinence.
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