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

These officials are suggestive of those busy at the Anthesteria.

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

The Anthesteria are thus older than the Ionic migration, which took place under the sons of Codrus.

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

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

From Five Stages of Greek Religion by Murray, Gilbert

But was the Anthesteria a state festival, at which public sacrifices of cattle were made?

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