Panathenaea

He then dissolved all the distinct state-houses, council halls, and magistracies, and built one common state-house and council hall on the site of the present upper town, and gave the name of Athens to the whole state, ordaining a common feast and sacrifice, which he called Panathenaea, or the sacrifice of all the united Athenians.

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

As a result, Harmodius and Aristogeiton assassinated him at the festival of Panathenaea that year.

Annotations 2007

In 514 BCE, Hipparchus was murdered by Harmodius and Aristogeiton, two members of the Gephyraei family, at the Panathenaea festival.

Annotations 2007

Panathenaea, and in it one encounters again the ancient Evohe.

Les Miserables 2008

They and the other conspirators had already laid their preparations, but were waiting for the festival of the great Panathenaea, when the citizens who took part in the procession assembled in arms; for to do so on any other day would have aroused suspicion.

The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

Athens was a city of numerous festivals, competitions, and celebrations, including the Panathenaea which attracted visitors to the city from throughout the Mediterranean.

Socrates Nails, Debra 2005

Like the Olympics, the Panathenaea was celebrated with special splendor at four-year intervals.

Socrates Nails, Debra 2005

Athens ten days before the great feast of the Panathenaea.

The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2005

If Harmodius was indignant at this, Aristogiton for his sake now became more exasperated than ever; and having arranged everything with those who were to join them in the enterprise, they only waited for the great feast of the Panathenaea, the sole day upon which the citizens forming part of the procession could meet together in arms without suspicion.

The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2005

Panathenaea, and he himself, being chosen judge, arranged the order and method in which the competitors should sing and play on the flute and on the harp.

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003