Anthesteria
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In obedience to the oracles then, public sacrifices could not have been lacking at the Anthesteria.
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
Very wisely he left the Anthesteria and the kindred festival “in the fields” where and as they were.
From Ancient Art and Ritual by Harrison, Jane Ellen
What reason could be found for this naming, unless that the Lenaea had first been transferred to the Anthesteria, as all the testimony tends to prove?
From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various
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
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