Πυανόψια

Πῠᾰνόψια (sc. ἱερά), τά, an Athenian festival in the month Πυανοψιών, in honour of Apollo, Lycurg. Fr. 84: elsewh. written Πυανέψια (cf. sq. [Πυανοψιών]) and expld. fr. πύανον ἕψειν, of a dish of beans cooked and offered, Plu. Thes. 22, Ath. 10.408a, etc.; acc. to Lycurg. l.c. the other Greeks called it Πανόψια ( Πανοψίαν codd.).

Πυανόψια

• (sc. ἱερά) , the Pyanοpsia, an Athenian festival in the month Πυανοψιών, in honour of Apollo; said to be so called from the custom of cooking beans at the feast (πύανον ἕψειν) , Plut. Also written Πυανέψια