Panathenaea
Americannoun
noun
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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
SOCRATES: Well done; and I hope that you will do the same for us at the Panathenaea.
From Ion by Jowett, Benjamin
Dicaearchus treated of similar political subjects in his public addresses at Olympia and at the Panathenaea.
From Five Stages of Greek Religion by Murray, Gilbert
When you have heartily gorged on stew at the Panathenaea, you get throes of stomach-ache and then suddenly your belly resounds with prolonged growling.
From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 by Aristophanes
The gymnasiarchs, or stewards of the games, managed the games and torch-races which formed part of the Panathenaea and many other festivals.
From The Public Orations of Demosthenes, volume 2 by Pickard, Arthur Wallace
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