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‖ Panathenæa|pænæθiːˈniːə|
Also -aia.
[a. Gr. παναθήναια adj. neut. pl. (sc. ἱερά solemnities), f. παν- all + ἀθηναῖ-ος Athenian, f. ἀθῆναι Athens, or ἀθήνη Athene, Minerva, the patron goddess of Athens.]
The national festival of Athens, held, in a lesser form every year, in a greater every fifth year, to celebrate the union of Attica under Theseus. It included a splendid procession to the shrine of the goddess Athene, with gymnastic games and musical competitions. Hence Panatheˈnæan a., pertaining to or characteristic of this festival.
1603Holland Plutarch Explan. Words, Panathenæa, a solemnity held at Athens... Such games..as were then exhibited..they called Panathenaik. 1727Bailey vol. II, Panathenaea. 1775R. Wood Ess. Homer 240 Could Homer have heard his Poems sung or recited, even at the Panathenæan Festival. a1822Shelley Ion Pr. Wks. 1888 II. 114 You have now only to consider how you shall win the Panathenaea. 1853Hickie tr. Aristoph. (1872) II. 590, I was quite spent with laughing at the Panathenaia. 1882Swinburne Tristram of Lyonesse, Athens 179 None so glorious garland crowned the feast Panathenæan. |