Anthesteria
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In obedience to the oracles then, public sacrifices could not have been lacking at the Anthesteria.
From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various
The Lesser Mysteries came in Anthesterio first after the Anthesteria.
From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various
In so sweeping a law the Anthesteria could hardly fail to be included; for at no Attic festival was there more absolute liberty and equality.
From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various
Thucydides tells us 166 that the Ionian Athenians carried the festival Anthesteria with them from Athens, and that they continued until his day to celebrate it.
From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various
What reason could be found for this naming, unless that the Lenaea had first been transferred to the Anthesteria, as all the testimony tends to prove?
From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various
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