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

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

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

Very wisely he left the Anthesteria and the kindred festival “in the fields” where and as they were.

From Ancient Art and Ritual by Harrison, Jane Ellen

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

He did not attempt to move the Anthesteria with its ghost cult; he only added a new festival, and trusted to its recent splendour gradually to efface the old.

From Ancient Art and Ritual by Harrison, Jane Ellen