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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.
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