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.
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.