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Headword:
Panathênaia
Adler number: pi,152
Translated headword: Panathenaia, Panathenaea
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Two sorts of Panathenaia were held at
Athens, one every year, the other on a five-year cycle,[1] which they called the Great [Panathenaia]. The first to hold the festival was Erichthonios the son of Hephaistos.[2] The Panathenaia were previously called the Athenaia.
Panathênaia: ditta Panathênaia êgeto Athênêsi, ta men kath' hekaston eniauton, ta de dia pentaetêridos, ha kai megala ekaloun. êgage de tên heortên prôtos Erichthonios ho Hêphaistou. ta de Panathênaia proteron Athênaia ekalounto.
Notes:
Abridged from Harpokration (and
Photius) s.v., commenting on
Demosthenes 4.35.
See also
pi 151, and generally OCD4 s.v. Panathenaea.
[1] By Greek inclusive reckoning (counting y-n-n-n-y); we would say 'four-year'.
[2] See generally
epsilon 3014.
Translated by: David Whitehead on 23 April 2003@06:28:28.
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