Panathenaea

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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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instanceOf Athenian civic festival
ancient Greek religious festival
annual Athenian festival
festival in honor of Athena
major Athenian festival
associatedObject Panathenaic amphora
Panathenaic peplos
linked to: Panathenaia
continuedInto Hellenistic period
Roman Imperial period
country ancient Athens
linked to: Classical Athens
culture ancient Greek culture
dedicatedTo Athena Polias
linked to: Athena
depictedOn Parthenon frieze
floruitPeriod Classical Athens
hasPart animal sacrifices
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
linked to: Panathenaea

Lesser Panathenaea
linked to: Panathenaea
honoredAspectOfAthena Athena as goddess of wisdom and crafts
Athena as protector of the city
inspired construction of the Panathenaic Stadium in marble under Herodes Atticus
languageOfRitual Ancient Greek
locatedIn city of Athens
linked to: Athens
mainDeity Athena
mainVenue Acropolis of Athens
Panathenaic Stadium
Panathenaic Way
musicContestsIncluded aulos playing
choral singing
kithara playing
notableRitual dressing of ancient wooden cult statue of Athena
presentation of woven peplos to Athena
occursEvery four years
one year
originTraditionallyAttributedTo Theseus
participants Athenian citizens
allied Greeks
resident metics
partOf Athenian religious calendar
patronGoddessHonored Athena Polias
linked to: Athena
politicalFunction affirmation of Athenian democracy
display of Athenian civic unity
display of Athenian imperial power in classical period
prize Panathenaic prize amphorae filled with olive oil
olive oil from sacred olive trees of Athena
processionRoute from Dipylon Gate to Acropolis
religiousSignificance renewal of bond between Athena and the city of Athens
religiousType state cult festival
reorganizedBy Peisistratos
reorganizedInCentury 6th century BCE
sportsIncluded boxing
chariot racing
pankration
pentathlon
stadion race
wrestling
timeOfYear around late July to early August
month of Hekatombaion

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Athena festival Panathenaea
Panathenaia hasVariant Great Panathenaia
linked to: Panathenaea
Panathenaia linkedTo Peisistratid tyranny (reorganization of festival)
linked to: Panathenaea
Panathenaia alsoKnownAs Panathenaic Festival
linked to: Panathenaea
Theseus founded Panathenaic festival (in some traditions)
linked to: Panathenaea
Panathenaic Stadium dedicatedTo Panathenaic Games
linked to: Panathenaea
Parthenon sculptures depicts Panathenaic procession
linked to: Panathenaea
Parthenon sculptures associatedWith Panathenaic Festival
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Strepsiades firstPerformanceContext Athenian dramatic festival
linked to: Panathenaea
Panathenaea hasVariant Greater Panathenaea
linked to: Panathenaea
Panathenaea hasVariant Lesser Panathenaea
linked to: Panathenaea
altar of Athena on the Acropolis usedDuring Panathenaic Festival
linked to: Panathenaea
Androgeus associatedWith Panathenaic Games
linked to: Panathenaea
Peisistratos associatedWith Panathenaic Festival
linked to: Panathenaea
olive tree of Athena associatedFestival Greater Panathenaia
linked to: Panathenaea
Panathenaic Way usedFor Panathenaic Festival
linked to: Panathenaea
Panathenaic Way usedFor Great Panathenaia
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Panathenaic Way usedDuring Panathenaic procession
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Panathenaic Way hasNameOrigin Panathenaic Festival
linked to: Panathenaea
Dipylon Gate to Acropolis usedFor Panathenaic procession
linked to: Panathenaea
Dipylon Gate to Acropolis associatedWithFestival Great Panathenaia
linked to: Panathenaea
Dipylon Gate to Acropolis usedDuring quadrennial Great Panathenaia
linked to: Panathenaea
Athenians heldFestival Panathenaea
Kallimarmaro originalConstructionFor Panathenaic Games
linked to: Panathenaea
Odeon of Pericles associatedWith Panathenaic festivals
linked to: Panathenaea
Parthenon cella associatedWith Panathenaic festival
linked to: Panathenaea
Horsemen of the Frieze associatedWith Panathenaic procession
subject linked to: horsemen of the frieze
linked to: Panathenaea
Horsemen of the Frieze religiousContext Panathenaic festival
subject linked to: horsemen of the frieze
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archaeological landscape of central Athens associatedWith Panathenaic festival
linked to: Panathenaea
Panathenaic amphora usedIn Panathenaic Games
linked to: Panathenaea
Panathenaic amphora festivalType Greater Panathenaia
linked to: Panathenaea
Panathenaic amphora relatedTo Panathenaic festival
linked to: Panathenaea