Lenaea
Americannoun
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It is not difficult, then, to understand why the other references to the Lenaea as a separate festival do not agree as to the month.
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
Later the time of the Lenaea in the month Gamelio is represented.
From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various
The most weighty testimony for making the Lenaea an independent festival, even in historic times, is given by Proclus in a scholium to Hesiod.
From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various
A tradition running with such persistency through so many authors affords a strong Page 69 presumption that there once existed an Attic month Lenaeo, and that the Lenaea were celebrated in that month.
From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various
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