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

Meursius, in his Panathenaea and Reliquiae Atticae, has collected from ancient authors many particulars concerning this Peplus.

From How to See the British Museum in Four Visits by Jerrold, W. Blanchard

The Corybantes, the Bacchantes, the rude primitive tragedians with their procession and goat-song, and the whole paraphernalia of the Panathenaea, which appear so antiquated and peculiar, have their parallel now.

From A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers by Thoreau, Henry David

What prospect does he hold out? when are you to be up? does he think you will be on the top next year—by the Great Mysteries, or the Panathenaea, say?

From Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02 by Fowler, F. G. (Francis George)

So he gave the promise, but deferred its fulfilment, saying that he would send the prisoners home in time for the Panathenaea.

From The Public Orations of Demosthenes, volume 1 by Pickard, Arthur Wallace

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