Lenaia

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Athenian festival ancient Greek religious festival

Lenaia was an ancient Athenian winter festival in honor of Dionysus, featuring dramatic competitions and celebrations of wine and fertility.

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Label	Occurrences
Lenaia canonical	10
Lenaia victory	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Athenian festival ⓘ ancient Greek religious festival ⓘ
associatedWith	Athenian theatre ⓘ Old Comedy ⓘ fertility ⓘ wine ⓘ
calendarSystem	Attic calendar ⓘ
celebratedInCity	Athens ⓘ
culturalFunction	development of Athenian drama ⓘ
features	comic drama competitions ⓘ tragic drama competitions ⓘ
hasRitual	choral performances ⓘ dramatic competitions ⓘ processions ⓘ sacrifices ⓘ
honorsAspectOfDionysus	Dionysus ⓘ surface form: Dionysus Lenaios
honorsDeity	Dionysus ⓘ
languageContext	Ancient Greek culture ⓘ
linkedConcept	Dionysian Mysteries ⓘ surface form: Dionysian mysteries wine festivals ⓘ
partOf	Athenian Dionysian festivals ⓘ
primaryDeityType	Dionysus as god of theatre ⓘ Dionysus as god of wine ⓘ
relatedFestival	City Dionysia ⓘ Dionysia ⓘ surface form: Rural Dionysia
religiousTradition	ancient Greek religion ⓘ
season	winter ⓘ
socialFunction	civic celebration ⓘ religious observance ⓘ
timeOfYear	month of Gamelion ⓘ

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

Dionysus → festival → Lenaia ⓘ

Dionysia → hasPart → Lenaia ⓘ

Menander → awardReceived → Lenaia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lenaia victory

Aristophanes → participantIn → Lenaia ⓘ

Greek tragedy → performedAt → Lenaia ⓘ

Old Comedy → performedAt → Lenaia ⓘ

Lysistrata → firstPerformanceFestival → Lenaia ⓘ

The Frogs → firstPerformanceFestival → Lenaia ⓘ

The Acharnians → firstPerformanceFestival → Lenaia ⓘ

Attic Old Comedy → performedAt → Lenaia ⓘ

Athenian religious calendar → majorFestival → Lenaia ⓘ