Anthesteria
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This last authority, however, concerns a contest at the Chytri, the Anthesteria, and is only one of many passages which tend to show that ό επι Ληναίω αγών was held at this festival.
From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various
The αγων επι Ληναίω could hardly be separated from the Dionysia επι Ληναίω Therefore the hide-money inscriptions are also authority that Lenaea and Anthesteria are but two references to the same festival.
From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various
The third feast, the Anthesteria, belongs in classical times to the Olympian Dionysus, and is said to be the oldest of his feasts.
From Five Stages of Greek Religion by Murray, Gilbert
But was the Anthesteria a state festival, at which public sacrifices of cattle were made?
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
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