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Ἀνθεστήρια

Ἀνθεστήρια, the feast of flowers

Ἀνθεσ-τήρια, τά,
  • Feast of Flowers, i.e. three days’ festival of Dionysus at Athens, in the month Anthesterion, Apollod. Fr. 28; also in Ionic cities, SIG 38.32 (Teos), CIG 3655 (Cyzicus). (Deriv. from ἀνα-θέσσασθαι is dub.; from ἀνθεῖν acc. to Ister 28.)

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