The Panathenaea was the great civic festival of Athens honouring its patron goddess Athena, celebrated annually with a larger Great Panathenaea every fourth year. Its central rite was the procession, depicted on the Parthenon frieze, that carried a newly woven robe (peplos) to the goddess's cult statue, accompanied by athletic, musical and rhapsodic competitions that made it one of the largest public festivals of the Greek world.
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Calendar SystemAncient Greek civic calendar (Attic) 1 Its own record is the Athenian civic festival honouring Athena, the Attic civic calendar this enum value names. Fixed or MovableFixed date in its own calendar 1 Observance
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Source Greek ReligionWalter Burkert
Athens, Cities This source names Athens directly: "was the great civic festival of Athens honouring its patron goddess Athena, celebrated annually with a larger Great Panathenaea every fourth year."
Source Greek ReligionWalter Burkert
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Walter Burkert, Harvard University Press, 1985on the Panathenaea and Athenian civic festival religionView the Source Panathenaea (Wikipedia)
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was a multi-day ancient Greek festival held annually in Athens
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