Anthesteria
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These officials are suggestive of those busy at the Anthesteria.
From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various
Hence the saying 184 "Forth, slaves, it is no longer the Anthesteria."
From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various
So these two inscriptions, referring to two colonies, add their testimony that dramas were presented also at the Anthesteria in Athens.
From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various
Perhaps the most striking instance which she quotes is the Anthesteria, or festival of flowers, at the close of which the spirits were dismissed with the formula, "Depart, ye ghosts, the revels now are ended."
From Among Famous Books by John Kelman
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 Gilbert Murray
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