Anthesteria
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Here, or elsewhere, there is mention of but one επι Ληναίω αγων, that is the Lenaea, or the dramatic contest at the Anthesteria.
From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various
Here again, it is inconceivable that either Anthesteria or Lenaea should be omitted; so both must be included under Dionysia επι Ληναίω.
From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various
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 Anthesteria are thus older than the Ionic migration, which took place under the sons of Codrus.
From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various
P. 55, 11. 949-960, Mine evil days are made a rite among them.—At the Feast of the Anthesteria, each family summoned its ghosts from the grave and after the feast sent them back again.
From The Iphigenia in Tauris of Euripides by Murray, Gilbert
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