Anthesteria

[ an-thuh-steer-ee-uh ]

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noun

, (sometimes used with a plural verb)

one of the ancient Athenian festivals composing the Dionysia; a spring festival celebrating flowers and new wine.

We have seen in the Anthesteria how the paternal ghosts are expected to look after the seeds in spring.

The third feast, the Anthesteria, belongs in classical times to the Olympian Dionysus, and is said to be the oldest of his feasts.

This was the second day of the third Dionysiac festival, called the Anthesteria.

Amid all the preparations for the Anthesteria made in the play, two statements cannot fail to attract attention.

Here are three different contests in three different places; and the Anthesteria and Lenaea are included under .

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