Panathenaea

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Athenian civic festival ancient Greek religious festival annual Athenian festival festival in honor of Athena major Athenian festival

The Panathenaea was the principal religious and civic festival of ancient Athens, featuring processions, sacrifices, athletic and musical contests, and the celebration of the city’s patron goddess Athena.

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Label Occurrences
Panathenaic Festival 6
Panathenaic Games 4
Panathenaic festival 4

Statements (74)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Athenian civic festival ⓘ
ancient Greek religious festival ⓘ
annual Athenian festival ⓘ
festival in honor of Athena ⓘ
major Athenian festival ⓘ
associatedObject Panathenaic amphora ⓘ
Panathenaia ⓘ
surface form: Panathenaic peplos
continuedInto Hellenistic period ⓘ
Roman Imperial period ⓘ
country Classical Athens ⓘ
surface form: ancient Athens
culture ancient Greek culture ⓘ
dedicatedTo Athena ⓘ
surface form: Athena Polias
depictedOn Parthenon sculptures ⓘ
surface form: Parthenon frieze
floruitPeriod Classical Athens ⓘ
hasPart animal sacrifices ⓘ
armed dances ⓘ
athletic contests ⓘ
boat races ⓘ
contests in rhetoric and philosophy in later periods ⓘ
distribution of sacrificial meat ⓘ
hippic contests ⓘ
musical agones ⓘ
musical contests ⓘ
panhellenic athletic games ⓘ
poetry recitations ⓘ
procession of the peplos ⓘ
public feasting ⓘ
pyrrhic dances ⓘ
religious procession ⓘ
rhapsodic recitations of Homer ⓘ
sacrifice of hecatomb of cattle ⓘ
torch races ⓘ
hasVariant Panathenaea self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Greater Panathenaea

Panathenaea self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lesser Panathenaea
honoredAspectOfAthena Athena as goddess of wisdom and crafts ⓘ
Athena as protector of the city ⓘ
inspired construction of the Panathenaic Stadium in marble under Herodes Atticus ⓘ
languageOfRitual Ancient Greek ⓘ
locatedIn Athens ⓘ
surface form: city of Athens
mainDeity Athena ⓘ
mainVenue Acropolis of Athens ⓘ
Panathenaic Stadium ⓘ
Panathenaic Way ⓘ
musicContestsIncluded aulos playing ⓘ
choral singing ⓘ
kithara playing ⓘ
notableRitual dressing of ancient wooden cult statue of Athena ⓘ
presentation of woven peplos to Athena ⓘ
occursEvery four years ⓘ
one year ⓘ
originTraditionallyAttributedTo Theseus ⓘ
participants Athenian citizens ⓘ
allied Greeks ⓘ
resident metics ⓘ
partOf Athenian religious calendar ⓘ
patronGoddessHonored Athena ⓘ
surface form: Athena Polias
politicalFunction affirmation of Athenian democracy ⓘ
display of Athenian civic unity ⓘ
display of Athenian imperial power in classical period ⓘ
prize Panathenaic prize amphorae filled with olive oil ⓘ
olive oil from sacred olive trees of Athena ⓘ
processionRoute from Dipylon Gate to Acropolis ⓘ
religiousSignificance renewal of bond between Athena and the city of Athens ⓘ
religiousType state cult festival ⓘ
reorganizedBy Peisistratos ⓘ
reorganizedInCentury 6th century BCE ⓘ
sportsIncluded boxing ⓘ
chariot racing ⓘ
pankration ⓘ
pentathlon ⓘ
stadion race ⓘ
wrestling ⓘ
timeOfYear around late July to early August ⓘ
month of Hekatombaion ⓘ

Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Athena → festival → Panathenaea ⓘ
Panathenaia → hasVariant → Panathenaea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Panathenaia
Panathenaia → linkedTo → Panathenaea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Peisistratid tyranny (reorganization of festival)
Panathenaia → alsoKnownAs → Panathenaea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Panathenaic Festival
Theseus → founded → Panathenaea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Panathenaic festival (in some traditions)
Panathenaic Stadium → dedicatedTo → Panathenaea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Panathenaic Games
Parthenon sculptures → depicts → Panathenaea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Panathenaic procession
Parthenon sculptures → associatedWith → Panathenaea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Panathenaic Festival
Strepsiades → firstPerformanceContext → Panathenaea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Athenian dramatic festival
Panathenaea → hasVariant → Panathenaea self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Panathenaea
Panathenaea → hasVariant → Panathenaea self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lesser Panathenaea
altar of Athena on the Acropolis → usedDuring → Panathenaea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Panathenaic Festival
Androgeus → associatedWith → Panathenaea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Panathenaic Games
Peisistratos → associatedWith → Panathenaea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Panathenaic Festival
olive tree of Athena → associatedFestival → Panathenaea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Panathenaia
Panathenaic Way → usedFor → Panathenaea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Panathenaic Festival
Panathenaic Way → usedFor → Panathenaea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Panathenaia
Panathenaic Way → usedDuring → Panathenaea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Panathenaic procession
Panathenaic Way → hasNameOrigin → Panathenaea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Panathenaic Festival
Dipylon Gate to Acropolis → usedFor → Panathenaea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Panathenaic procession
Dipylon Gate to Acropolis → associatedWithFestival → Panathenaea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Panathenaia
Dipylon Gate to Acropolis → usedDuring → Panathenaea ⓘ
this entity surface form: quadrennial Great Panathenaia
Athenians → heldFestival → Panathenaea ⓘ
Kallimarmaro → originalConstructionFor → Panathenaea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Panathenaic Games
Odeon of Pericles → associatedWith → Panathenaea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Panathenaic festivals
Parthenon cella → associatedWith → Panathenaea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Panathenaic festival
horsemen of the frieze → associatedWith → Panathenaea ⓘ
subject surface form: Horsemen of the Frieze
this entity surface form: Panathenaic procession
horsemen of the frieze → religiousContext → Panathenaea ⓘ
subject surface form: Horsemen of the Frieze
this entity surface form: Panathenaic festival
archaeological landscape of central Athens → associatedWith → Panathenaea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Panathenaic festival
Panathenaic amphora → usedIn → Panathenaea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Panathenaic Games
Panathenaic amphora → festivalType → Panathenaea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Panathenaia
Panathenaic amphora → relatedTo → Panathenaea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Panathenaic festival