单词 | panathenaea |
释义 | Panathenaean. Greek History. An important civic festival formerly held annually in Athens in honour of Athene, the patron goddess of the city, including a great procession through the agora to the Acropolis, followed by numerous animal sacrifices.Every fourth year (by modern reckoning) the festival was extended (the greater Panathenaea) to include major athletic and musical competitions, open to all Greece; in such years, representatives of all the allies and dependencies of Athens were required to attend the great procession. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > large or public event > [noun] > celebratory games > specific ancient Greek Nemean games1559 Panathenaea1578 Pythian games1579 Olympian Gamesa1586 Olympic Games1597 Isthmian games1603 Pythic games1603 Panathenaics1678 Nemean festival1844 society > leisure > sport > match or competition > [noun] > series of, as public spectacle > in ancient world > specific Olympiada1456 Nemean games1559 Panathenaea1578 Pythian games1579 Olympian Gamesa1586 Olympic Games1597 Isthmian games1603 Pythic games1603 Capitoline games1609 Olympics1621 Panathenaics1678 Nemean festival1844 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 57v When Panathænea were celebrated at Athens, an olde man going to take a place was mockingly reiected. 1603 P. Holland in tr. Plutarch Morals Explan. Words Panathenæa, a solemnity held at Athens. 1715 L. Theobald tr. Aristophanes Clouds iii. i. 43 (note) At their Festival call'd Panathenea, the young Men danc'd all in Armour. a1822 P. B. Shelley Ion Prol., in Wks. (1888) II. 114 You have now only to consider how you shall win the Panathenaea. 1853 W. J. Hickie tr. Aristophanes Comedies II. 590 I was quite spent with laughing at the Panathenaia. 1885 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 209/2 The Panathenaea were modified and rendered far more magnificent by Pisistratus and his sons. It is probable that the distinction of Greater and Lesser Panathenaea dates from this period. 1935 Trans. & Proc. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 66 211 At other games, as at the Panathenaea, there were contests of ritual or military nature open only to citizens. 1999 Church Times 1 Apr. 14/3 At the mid-summer Panathenaea festival in honour of Athena, patron of the city, a procession wound its way up to the Parthenon. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1578 |
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