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The ancient Greeks and Romans were hip to how precious moms were; the predecessor to Mother's Day may very well have been a Greek spring festival dedicated to Rhea, mother of the gods and goddesses. In Rome, honoring mothers came in the form of a three-day celebration called Hilaria, where people worshipped the mother goddess Cybele. Some say these Roman ceremonies evolved into England's "Mothering Sunday", a celebration much like our modern Mother's Day, to honor Mary, mother of Christ.
早在古希臘和古羅馬時(shí)代,母親的偉大就已倍受肯定。母親節(jié)的前身很可能是希臘某個(gè)春季的節(jié)慶,用以獻(xiàn)給眾神之母-- 瑞意。在羅馬,榮膺表彰的母親們一齊聚集到希拉利雅,參加為期三天的慶典,人們?cè)诖思漓氡娚裰福愗悆?。有人認(rèn)為,羅馬的慶典后來(lái)演化成英國(guó)人紀(jì)念圣母瑪利亞的“母親日”,那已經(jīng)與現(xiàn)代母親節(jié)非常相似。
(短文節(jié)選,本篇始于:聽(tīng)聽(tīng)媽媽的故事)