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[185] These feasts were also called the Anthesteria or Lenaea; the
The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 446? BC-385? BC Aristophanes
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f (2) These feasts were also called the Anthesteria or Lenaea; the Lenaem was a temple to Bacchus, erected outside the city.
The Acharnians 446? BC-385? BC Aristophanes
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"Anthesteria" [Footnote: This interpretation of the meaning of the
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The "Penthekte" Council of Constantinople prohibits the remains of Calends, Brumalia, Anthesteria, and other Pagan/Dionysian festivals.
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In so sweeping a law the Anthesteria could hardly fail to be included; for at no Attic festival was there more absolute liberty and equality.
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Here again, it is inconceivable that either Anthesteria or Lenaea should be omitted; so both must be included under Dionysia επι
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Hence the saying [184] "Forth, slaves, it is no longer the Anthesteria."
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Thucydides tells us [166] that the Ionian Athenians carried the festival Anthesteria with them from Athens, and that they continued until his day to celebrate it.
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But was the Anthesteria a state festival, at which public sacrifices of cattle were made?
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Page 75 of the Lenaea and Anthesteria occur only in this case, we might, following Köhler, admit that the hide-money from this particular festival was not devoted to this special purpose, and that for this reason the name did not appear in these records.
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