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Definition of Panathenaea

Panathenaea
Panathenaea Pan*ath`e*n[ae]"a, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ?; ?, ?, all + ? Athena.] The most ancient and important festival of Athens, celebrated in honor of Athena, the tutelary goddess of the city.

Meaning of Panathenaea from wikipedia

- The Panathenaea (or Panathenaia) was a multi-day ancient Gr**** festival held annually in Athens that would always conclude on 28 Hekatombaion, the first...
- attempted ********ination of the tyrants Hippias and Hipparchus during the Panathenaea in 514 BC by Harmodius and Aristogeiton was often regarded as the birth...
- Plynteria. The peplos pla**** a role in the Athenian festival of the Great Panathenaea. Nine months before the festival, at the arts and crafts festival titled...
- is consecrated after 9 years of construction. It is dedicated at the Panathenaea (a festival held in honour of Athena every four years on the Acropolis)...
- Erechtheum (during the annual Lesser Panathenaea) or the statue of Athena Parthenos in the Parthenon (during the Great Panathenaea, held every four years). Within...
- Athena was especially worshipped in this role during the festivals of the Panathenaea and Pamboeotia, both of which prominently featured displays of athletic...
- lamp burned in front of it. The centerpiece of the grand feast of the Panathenaea was the replacement of this statue's woolen peplos (a garment) with a...
- of 17 chapters and was originally published in pieces in the magazine Panathenaea from January to June 1903. The book was first published in 1912 containing...
- Phrynnis was the first to play the cithara at Athens and won at the Panathenaea; by cithara is probably meant the new 12-stringed instrument invented...
- by the fourth century the Homeric poems were a compulsory part of the Panathenaea, and were to be recited in order. They are too long for a single rhapsode...