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Headword: Anthestêriôn
Adler number: alpha,2500
Translated headword: Anthesterion
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
It is the eighth month amongst Athenians, sacred to Dionysus. It is so called because most things bloom (anthein) from the earth at that time.
Greek Original:
Anthestêriôn: ogdoos mên esti par' Athênaiois, hieros Dionusou. keklêsthai de auton houtôs, dia to pleista tôn ek gês anthein tote.
Note:
The etymological explanation comes, via Harpokration (and Photius) s.v., from Ister FGrH 334 F13.
Keywords: agriculture; botany; chronology; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; historiography; religion
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 2 July 2000@17:08:34.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added note and keyword; cosmetics) on 4 October 2000@06:49:44.
David Whitehead (added keywords; cosmetics) on 13 August 2002@05:44:08.
David Whitehead (more keywords; tweaks) on 28 June 2011@04:11:08.
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