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Pyanopsia /ˌpaɪəˈnɒpʃə, -ˈnɒpsiə/ (Πυανόψια) or
Pyanepsia /ˌpaɪəˈnɛpʃə, -ˈnɛpsiə/ (Πυανέψια) was an
ancient Athenian festival held in
honor of Apollo...
- Delos.
Athenian annual festivals included the Boedromia, Metageitnia,
Pyanepsia, and Thargelia.
Spartan annual festivals were the
Carneia and the Hyacinthia...
- first-fruits were
carried in
procession and
offered to the god, and, as at the
Pyanepsia (or Pyanopsia),
branches of
olive bound with wool,
borne by children,...
- 143. vol. IV Parker, p. 417 Harrison, p. 79; a
scholiast says "At the
Pyanepsia and the
Thargelia the
Athenians hold a
feast to
Helios and the Horae,...
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Thargelia Arrephoria Kronia Aphrodisia Panathanaia Herakleia Genesia Pyanepsia Thesmophoria Khalkeia Rural Dionysia Haloa Elaphebolia City
Dionysia The...
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celebrated in its month, the Anthesteria.
While the month-naming
festivals of
Pyanepsia,
Thargelia and
Skira were
relatively important, some of the
grandest celebrations...
