Anthesteria

American  

[an-thuh-steer-ee-uh] / ˌæn θəˈstɪər i ə /

noun

(sometimes used with a plural verb)

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

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Other Word Forms

• Anthesteriac adjective

Example Sentences

It is interesting in connection with Thucydides' statement that the Ionian Athenians in his day still held the Anthesteria, to examine the record of this festival in the Ionic cities of Asia Minor.

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

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

This gives a god Anthister, who is clearly identified with Dionysus, and seems to be a projection of a feast Anthisteria = Anthesteria.

From Five Stages of Greek Religion by Murray, Gilbert

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