Anthesteria

American  

[an-thuh-steer-ee-uh] / ˌæn θəˈstɪər i ə /

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.

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Other Word Forms

• Anthesteriac adjective

Example Sentences

Here are three different contests in three different places; and the Anthesteria and Lenaea are included under η επι Ληναίω πομπή.

From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various

What reason could be found for this naming, unless that the Lenaea had first been transferred to the Anthesteria, as all the testimony tends to prove?

From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various

In obedience to the oracles then, public sacrifices could not have been lacking at the Anthesteria.

From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various

It is interesting in connection with Thucydides' statement that the Ionian Athenians in his day still held the Anthesteria, to examine the record of this festival in the Ionic cities of Asia Minor.

From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various

Perhaps the most striking instance which she quotes is the Anthesteria, or festival of flowers, at the close of which the spirits were dismissed with the formula, "Depart, ye ghosts, the revels now are ended."

From Among Famous Books by Kelman, John