Panathenaea

Well done; and I hope that you will do the same for us at the Panathenaea.

A dithyrambic chorus at the Panathenaea cost only 300 drachmas.

She distinguished herself in the battle of the gods and giants, which was depicted on a robe given to her at the Panathenaea.

The Panathenaea also included poetic and musical competitions.

The competitions for which this festival came to be known were only part of a much larger religious occasion; the Great Panathenaea itself.

The peplos played a role in the Athenian festival of the Great Panathenaea.

Panathenaea: The most important annual festival of Athens, it was dedicated to Athena.

Other duties of the archons included supervising the Panathenaea and Dionysia festivals.

The Panathenaea is mentioned also in The Clouds and The Frogs.

(Each year a smaller event called the Lesser Panathenaea also celebrated the birthday of the goddess.)

He also proposed to extend the symmoriai to the liturgies of the great Panathenaea and Dionysia festivals as well.

The most important festival to Athena in Athens was the Panathenaea, held annually, which was open to participation from both men and women.

Every four years in the year of the Delphian Games a Great Panathenaea was held, with many contests, including chariot races.

Every four years, the Athenians held a festival called the Panathenaea that rivaled the Olympic Games in popularity.

The centerpiece of the grand feast of the Panathenaea was the replacement of this statue's woolen veil with a newly woven one.

The larger peplos was woven every four years by male professional weavers, and was presented to Athena at the Greater Panathenaea.

Phrynis: A Mytilenean citharode who won a prize at the Panathenaea in 456 BC.

They were part of the Great Panathenaea, the biggest festival in Athens, which was held every four years in honour of the goddess Athena.

Then two young aristocrats, Harmodius and Aristogeiton, at the time of the Great Panathenaea tried to assassinate Hippias.

With the epithet Parthenos she was especially worshipped in the festivals of the Panathenaea and Pamboeotia where both militaristic and athletic displays took place.

These contrast startlingly with prizes given at the quadrennial Greater Panathenaea, where lavish awards were given not only to the winner but to the next four runners-up.

The grammarians compare the Pamboeotia with the Panathenaea of the Atticans, and the Panionia of the Ionians.

The first Great Panathenaea was held during the rule of Peisistratos in 566 BC, and was modelled on the Olympic Games.

The smaller peplos was woven annually by the ergastinai, and offered as a robe for the statue of Athena Polias during the Lesser Panathenaea.

Neaira visited Athens again for the Great Panathenaea of 378, this time accompanying Simus of Thessaly, a young aristocrat.