Panathenaic

[ pan-ath-uh-ney-ik ]

adjective

, (sometimes lowercase)

1. of or relating to a Panathenaea, a festival in honor of the goddess Athena.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Panathenaic¹

1595–1605; Panathena(ea) + -ic

Example Sentences

The Panathenaic procession is the subject carried the entire length of this bas-relief decoration.

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Some refer to Minerva, and construe the passage with reference to the Panathenaic celebration.

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He won all the contests at the Panathenaic festival at Athens, whose king, Aegeus, slew him out of jealousy.

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On another Panathenaic vase she has a gown bordered with fighting men, evidently the sacred peplos.

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In the Panathenaic procession even the daughters of metoikoi had to perform this service.

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