Anthesteria

[ an-thuh-steer-ee-uh ]

noun

, (sometimes used with a plural verb)

1. one of the ancient Athenian festivals composing the Dionysia; a spring festival celebrating flowers and new wine.

Other Words From

• An·thes·te·ri·ac [an-th, uh, -, steer, -ee-ak], adjective

Example Sentences

Thus, every year, on the third day of the festival of the Anthestéria, a day of mourning consecrated to the dead,—that is, on the thirteenth of the month of Anthestérion, towards the beginning of March—it was customary, as at Bambyce, to pour water into the fissure, together with flour mixed with honey, poured also into the trench dug to the west of the tomb, in the funereal sacrifices of the Athenians.

From Project Gutenberg

But you who never go out of Athens think yourself happy when you hear the precepts of Theophrastus, and when you eat thyme, and salads, and nice twisted loaves, solemnizing the Lenæan festival, and the Potfeast at the Anthesteria.

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We read of them in connexion with the Athenian festival of the Anthesteria, and that of the gardens of Adonis.

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Of the festivals in the city, the Anthesteria, or Feast of Flowers, was of most interest to the fair sex.

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The third feast, the Anthesteria, belongs in classical times to the Olympian Dionysus, and is said to be the oldest of his feasts.

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