haʊˈɛvɚ, ðɛɹˌɑːɹ ˈɔːlsoʊ tɹˈeɪsᵻz ʌv jˈuːs ɪnðə lˈeɪt klˈæsɪkəl ænd hˌɛlənˈɪstɪk pˈiəɹɪədz, ɹᵻlˈeɪɾᵻd tə ðɪ ˈænsɛstɚz kˈʌlt, ɐ pɹˈæktɪs pɚtˈɪkjʊlɚli fəmˈɪlɪɹ ɪn mɛsˈiːniə, bˌʌt nˈoʊn ˈɔːlsoʊ ɪnðə ɹˈɛst ʌv ɡɹˈiːs.
However, there are also traces of use in the late classical and Hellenistic periods, related to the ancestors' cult, a practice particularly familiar in Messenia, but known also in the rest of Greece.