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	Anthesteria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Anthesteria, one of the four Athenian festivals in honour of Dionysus, held annually for three days (11th-13th) in the month of Anthesterion (February-March).
		The object of the festival was to celebrate the maturing of the wine stored at the previous vintage, and the beginning of spring.
		In ancient Greece, Anthesteria was the name of a festival during which the participants ritually expelled the Keres, evil female spirits, from their houses.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Anthesteria (569 words)

	Anthesteria - ReligionFacts.com
		Anthesteria was one of the festivals held in honor of Dionysus.
		It was believed the spirits of the dead walked the earth during Anthesteria, and the third day of the festival focused on this aspect.
		It was also during Anthesteria that the state conducted a secret ceremony in which the basilissa (or basilinna), wife of the basileus (king), participated in a ceremonial marriage to Dionysus.
	www.religionfacts.com /greek_religion/festivals/anthesteria.htm (394 words)

	CBU - Honors Journal - A Study of Greek Life: The Anthesteria - Eydie Hill
		Some speculate that the Anthesteria may have been two festivals merged into one (Hellenic 1) while others contend that the Chytrai has more to do with the great flood and the death of Dionysus (UTK 9).
		The Anthesteria marked one of the many important dates in the calendar of the Greeks.
		Because this festival marked a preparation time for the grape season, an enjoyment of the fruits of the last harvest, a festival of the dead, and a coming-of-age celebration, it was the most unique and multi-faceted festival of the Greek calendar year.
	www.cbu.edu /Academics/honors/hj2k1_anthesteria.htm (987 words)

	Festivals of Hera
		The Anthesteria 'festival of summoning back the dead' is unusual in that it was fixed on three particular days of Anthesterion, the 11th, 12th, and 13th, so it must varied from a waxing to full Moon event.
		Originally Anthesteria began when the first shoots appeared in spring, but this became problematic when it and the Diasia were both added to the Athenian calendar, forcing a stricter determination of when it should be held.
		Anthesteria also absorbed a full Moon festival of vine pruning and the fermentation of the first vintage.
	www.moonspeaker.ca /hera/herfestivals.html (1637 words)

	CHOES, ANTHESTERIA, AND THE DEAD:
		It is a vexed question whether the Choes, second day of the Athenian Anthesteria festival, was (as suggested by late sources) a ‘polluted day’, with the souls of the dead ascending from Hades, or whether it was in actuality a thoroughly enjoyable occasion, as evinced in Ar.
		My paper will attempt to throw some light on this vexed question by means of a fresh interpretation of the iconography of the vases known as choes, in combination with the so-called ‘Orphic’ golden plates.
		Moreover, several gold plates testify, or allude, to the belief that death, at least for initiates, was a process of regeneration.
	www.apaclassics.org /AnnualMeeting/04mtg/abstracts/LIAPIS.html (390 words)

	Anthesteria History Summary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		ANTHESTERIA (blossoming rites) was the new-wine festival of the god Dionysos as celebrated at Athens and in cities of Ionia (on the Aegean Islands and the coast of Anatolia).
		It was a moment of anxiety and relief, of superstitious fear and joyous thanksgiving.
		At Athens, where the festival program is best known, Anthesteria lasted three days, from the eleventh through the thirteenth of the month.
	www.bookrags.com /history/religion/anthesteria-eorl-01 (243 words)

	Anthesteria: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary on Anthesteria
		Myste were made to pass through the "narrow gate" of Dionysus, to emerge therefrom as full Initiates.
		Definition of Anthesteria is extracted from the home page of United Lodge of Theosophists and THE THEOSOPHICAL GLOSSARY BY H. (Printed 1892).
		Anthesteria is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
	www.experiencefestival.com /a/Anthesteria/id/198541 (415 words)

	This is a research paper I wrote (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Anthesteria was a three day long festival that took place in the spring.
		In Argos, Anthesteria was also know as the festival of the dead.
		This is exemplified in his characteristics, through the myths about him, and most clearly seen in the festivals for his worship.
	student.vwc.edu /~wtbaynard/paper.htm (1382 words)

	ANTHESTERIA - Online Information article about ANTHESTERIA
		ANTHESTERIA, one of the four Athenian festivals in See also:
		too,'og, and Prolegomena), regarding the Anthesteria as primarily a festival of all souls, the object of which was the See also:
		Psyche (4th ed., 1907), P. End of Article: ANTHESTERIA
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /ANC_APO/ANTHESTERIA.html (977 words)

	The Anthesteria... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		It is also about the raising of the spirits of the dead as its name, Anthesteria or to raise by prayer, implies.
		Since spirits are not allowed in holy places, all sanctuaries remain closed (except for one for Dionysus of the Marshes which is only open on this one day) and all business that requires taking of an oath is suspended until after the third day.
		Children are crowned with flowers and given gifts (such as toy carts, terracotta animals, and small pitchers of wine) in a solemn ceremony, giving them their first taste of the wine of the symposium and introducing them into society.
	www.ancientworlds.net /aw/Post/74242 (1138 words)

	Journey Into Spirit - Fall Magical Retreat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The ancient Greeks watered their wine in ritual, and the rite we will enact on the first night of our gathering commemorates Dionysos teaching the Greeks to do so, in order to enjoy the benefits of wine while avoiding the dangers.
		Our "reconstructionist" Rites of the Anthesteria are based on available scholarly literature about the festival of the Anthesteria.
		No complete rituals have been handed down, so we are following the spirit of the festival in creating appropriately-themed rites for the appropriate times of the three-day festival, including as many authentic details as practical, while attending equally to the meaningfulness of the rituals for the modern people that we are.
	www.elderfaiths.org /events/fmr_qa.html (342 words)

	Ø Wilson's Almanac free daily ezine \| Book of Days \| February 27 \| Anthesteria Dionysus Equirria Selene Moon ...
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		Greece, Anthesteria was the name of a festival during which the participants ritually expelled the
	www.wilsonsalmanac.com /book/feb27.html (3801 words)

	Ancient Greek Festivals (1/2)
		There are a number of different kinds of festivals, and the best known was the Great Dionysia where the festival held dramatic performances in the theater.
		While Anthesteria, held on the month of Anthesterion (February-March), involved merrymaking and drinking on the second day of the holiday.
		The Anthesteria was to celebrate the spring and the maturing of wine.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Festivals.htm (3832 words)

	Anthesteria
		Anthesteria, a spring fesival of Dionysus, represented a memorable turning-point in the lives of young children.
		It was based around the broaching of the new wine, and the whole community drank together.
		Such jugs have been found in the graves of infants who died to young to participate in their first Anthesteria.
	www.ancientworlds.net /aw/Post/311636 (152 words)

	Choes and Anthesteria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Anthesteria and Choes: an example of art's interaction with ritual
		From the rules of the Iobacchoi members of a private religious club in Athens
		The Anthesteria and Choes as a ritualized response
	www.facstaff.bucknell.edu /gretaham/teaching/religions/choes/index.asp (41 words)

	anthesteria - OneLook Dictionary Search (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		We found 4 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word anthesteria:
		Tip: Click on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where "anthesteria" is defined.
		ANTHESTERIA : 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica [home, info]
	www.onelook.com /?w=anthesteria (78 words)

	Pagan Book of Hours : Anthesteria Day 1 - Pithogia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Altar: On a purple cloth set a bottle of wine that has not yet been opened (preferably last year's homemade), a chalice of water, many cups, a wreath of pruned grapevines, and three purple candles.
		Each may taste of the wine, if they wish, and then pour out the rest as a libation, or they may pour it out entirely.
		As the pour the libation, each says, "Io Dionysos!" The ship remains in the sanctuary for three days, until Anthesteria is over.)
	www.cauldronfarm.com /bookofhours/rituals/anthesteria1.html (165 words)

	Journey Into Spirit - Workshops 1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The second day of the Anthesteria ends with a "dumb supper" where we will eat and drink in meditative silence, followed by a procession to the Shrine of Dionysos.
		The third day of the Anthesteria includes offerings to the spirits of the dead.
		We will also do some circle dancing, and the main ritual will be the Rite of the Masks of Dionysos.
	www.elderfaiths.org /events/events/fmr_workshops99.html (158 words)

	Spring Equinox
		At the close of the festival the underworld spirits are banished by saying:
		Kêr, I] "Begone, Keres (Death Spirits), the Anthesteria are finished!"
		The ritual celebration of the flood, the swinging, and the banishing of the dead mark a resurrection, like that of Dionysos Himself.
	www.cs.utk.edu /~mclennan/BA/SF/SprEq.html (2529 words)

	religion: pagan: hellenismos: festivals: anthesteria Spirit And Sky
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	www.spiritandsky.com /religion/pagan/hellenismos/festivals/anthesteria (49 words)

	Anthesteria: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary on Anthesteria
		Some scholars, seeing the analogy between climatic seasons and the stages of initiation, have supposed that the festival celebrated primarily the advent of spring and that the rites were symbolic of this; whereas others believe that the initiations were the main events and were held at times when nature harmonized with the purpose in view.
		(See also: Anthesteria, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)
		Definition of Anthesteria is extracted from the home page of The Theosophical Society, International Headquarters, Pasadena, California.
	www.experiencefestival.com /a/Anthesteria/id/99028 (810 words)

	Dionysus Terminology / Abaddon to Apollyon / 0.04_05
		0501_#12 : Dates of rebirth experience in chapter 5 occur between March 2nd and March 4th, same dates as the Anthesteria.
		0501_#13 : Dionysus makes an epiphany in Athens during the Anthesteria.
		Sails across the Aegean in his fl ship, before appearing in Athens with his ship on wheels.
	www.dionysus.org /x0004_05.html (1565 words)

	Find in a Library: Choes and anthesteria : Athenian iconography and ritual
		Find in a Library: Choes and anthesteria : Athenian iconography and ritual
		Choes and anthesteria : Athenian iconography and ritual
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	worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/8214a54c32e5e07da19afeb4da09e526.html (58 words)

	Choes & Anthesteria: Athenian Iconography & Ritual; Author: Hamilton, Richard; Hardcover
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	Pagan Book of Hours : Anthesteria Day 2 - Khoes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Pagan Book of Hours : Anthesteria Day 2 - Khoes
		Altar: On a purple cloth set a pitcher of wine, the ship of Dionysos, some children's toys, six purple candles, and a wreath of grapevines and flowers.
		Later that night, sex is appropriate between those whose vows do not exclude it, but those who would lie together must meditate on the responsibility inherent in being a sexually active adult, and how it brought them out of childhood and into adulthood.)
	www.cauldronfarm.com /bookofhours/rituals/anthesteria2.html (246 words)

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