Panathenaea

American  

[pan-ath-uh-nee-uh] / ˌpæn æθ əˈni ə /

Also Panathenaia

noun

1. a festival in honor of the goddess Athena, celebrated yearly in ancient Athens, with each fourth year reserved for greater pomp, marked by contests, as in athletics and music, and highlighted by a solemn procession to the Acropolis bearing a peplos embroidered for the goddess.

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Panathenaea British  

/ pæˌnæθɪˈniːə /

noun

1. (in ancient Athens) a summer festival on the traditional birthday of Athena

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Example Sentences

Or, to take another class of cases: adjudication has to be made between the choragi for the Dionysia, the Thargelia, the Panathenaea, year after year.

From Polity Athenians and Lacedaemonians by Dakyns, Henry Graham

There were five celebrations of this game at Athens, of which the most noted was at the Panathenaea, where horsemen often contended.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 19, May, 1859 by Various

Another festival, the Panathenaea, which had been instituted only a few years before his rise to power, became under his rule, and thanks to his policy, the chief national festival of the Athenian state.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various

The temples are full of them; and notably the robe of Athene, which is carried up to the Acropolis at the great Panathenaea, is embroidered with them.

From Euthyphro by Jowett, Benjamin

Here he established the worship of Athena, instituted the Panathenaea, and built an Erechtheum.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various