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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Statements (74)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Athenian civic festival
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ancient Greek religious festival → annual Athenian festival → festival in honor of Athena → major Athenian festival → |
| associatedObject |
Panathenaic amphora
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Panathenaic peplos → |
| continuedInto |
Hellenistic period
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Roman Imperial period → |
| country |
ancient Athens
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| culture |
ancient Greek culture
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| dedicatedTo |
Athena Polias
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| depictedOn |
Parthenon frieze
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| floruitPeriod |
Classical Athens
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| hasPart |
animal sacrifices
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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 |
Greater Panathenaea
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Lesser Panathenaea → |
| honoredAspectOfAthena |
Athena as goddess of wisdom and crafts
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Athena as protector of the city → |
| inspired |
construction of the Panathenaic Stadium in marble under Herodes Atticus
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| languageOfRitual |
Ancient Greek
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| locatedIn |
city of Athens
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| mainDeity |
Athena
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| mainVenue |
Acropolis of Athens
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Panathenaic Stadium → Panathenaic Way → |
| musicContestsIncluded |
aulos playing
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choral singing → kithara playing → |
| notableRitual |
dressing of ancient wooden cult statue of Athena
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presentation of woven peplos to Athena → |
| occursEvery |
four years
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one year → |
| originTraditionallyAttributedTo |
Theseus
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| participants |
Athenian citizens
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allied Greeks → resident metics → |
| partOf |
Athenian religious calendar
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| patronGoddessHonored |
Athena Polias
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| politicalFunction |
affirmation of Athenian democracy
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display of Athenian civic unity → display of Athenian imperial power in classical period → |
| prize |
Panathenaic prize amphorae filled with olive oil
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olive oil from sacred olive trees of Athena → |
| processionRoute |
from Dipylon Gate to Acropolis
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| religiousSignificance |
renewal of bond between Athena and the city of Athens
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| religiousType |
state cult festival
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| reorganizedBy |
Peisistratos
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| reorganizedInCentury |
6th century BCE
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| sportsIncluded |
boxing
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chariot racing → pankration → pentathlon → stadion race → wrestling → |
| timeOfYear |
around late July to early August
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month of Hekatombaion → |
Referenced by (11)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Panathenaea
("Greater Panathenaea")
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Panathenaea ("Lesser Panathenaea") → Panathenaia ("Great Panathenaia") → |
hasVariant |
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Panathenaia
("Panathenaic Festival")
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alsoKnownAs |
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Parthenon sculptures
("Panathenaic Festival")
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associatedWith |
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Panathenaic Stadium
("Panathenaic Games")
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dedicatedTo |
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Parthenon sculptures
("Panathenaic procession")
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depicts |
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Athena
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festival |
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Strepsiades
("Athenian dramatic festival")
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firstPerformanceContext |
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Theseus
("Panathenaic festival (in some traditions)")
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founded |
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Panathenaia
("Peisistratid tyranny (reorganization of festival)")
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linkedTo |