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	PANATHENAEA - LoveToKnow Article on PANATHENAEA
		It is probable that the distinction of Greater and Lesser Panathenaea dates from this period, the latter being a shorter and simpler festival held every year.
		The proceedings were under the superintendence of ten athlot/zetae, one from each tribe, the lesser Panathenaea being managed by hieropoei.
		In the musical contests, a golden crown was given as first prize; in the sports, a garland of leaves from the sacred olive trees of Athena, and vases filled with oil from the same.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PA/PANATHENAEA.htm (816 words)

	ninemsn Encarta - Search Results - Panathenaea
		Panathenaea, the oldest and most famous festival of Athens, celebrated in honour of the birth of Athena, patron goddess of the city.
		After 320 bc no more pottery was exported from Athens, and only prize vases for athletes competing at the Panathenaea were made there.
		During the decades following the end of the Graeco-Persian Wars, Athens used her position as leader of the Delian League to build an empire,...
	au.encarta.msn.com /Panathenaea.html (86 words)

	PANATHENAIC FESTIVAL
		The Panathenaea (‘all-Athenian festival') was Athens' most important festival and one of the grandest in the entire Greek world.
		The Panathenaea was one of those occasions when women could get out of the house and take an active role in a public function.
		Jennifer Neils, "The Panathenaea: An Introduction" in Goddess and Polis: The Panathenaic Festival in Ancient Athens, ed.
	depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu /classics/dunkle/athnlife/rligious.htm (1632 words)

	Panathenaea -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
		At the Great Panathenaea, representatives of all the dependencies of Athens were present, bringing sacrificial animals.
		After the presentation of a new embroidered robe to Athena, the sacrifice of several animals was offered.
		In addition to major athletic contests, many of which were not included at Olympia, several minor contests also were held between the Athenian tribes.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9058224 (188 words)

	Art Past Art Present, by David G. Wilkins, Bernard Schultz, and Kathryn M. Linduff. 4th edition. Chapter 3 -- The ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The culminating ceremony of the Panathenaea was the presentation of a new woolen robe, the peplos, to an ancient and revered olive-wood statue of Athena, located in the Erechtheion (click here) on the Acropolis.
		Every year during the Panathenaea, a festival which was held in the summer, the statue received a new woolen gown called a peplos; this was the culminating event in a great procession of citizens through the city and up to the Acropolis.
		Every fourth year an especially elaborate Panathenaic festival was held in Athens, called the Great Panathenaea; in addition to the procession and peplos presentation, the Great Panathenaea is believed to have included competitions in honor of Athena of athletes and musicians.
	cwx.prenhall.com /bookbind/pubbooks/wilkins/chapter3/custom1/deluxe-content.html (2771 words)

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		From his awful head wise Zeus himself bore her arrayed in warlike arms of flashing gold, and awe seized all the gods as they gazed.
		Greece’s two greatest festivals were the Greater Panathenaea and the Lesser.
		Both were held beginning probably on the 17th of the month of Hecatombaeon; the Lesser every year and the Greater every four years in the third year of the Olympiad.
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	Ac3P3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The relief frieze depicts the Procession of the Panathenaea, the most formal religious festival of ancient Athens.
		The two pediments of the temple are decorated with mythological scenes: the east, above the building's main entrance, shows the birth of Athena, and the west, the fight between Athena and Poseidon for the name of the city of Athens.
		The relief frieze depicts the Procession of the Panathenaea, the most formal religiouestival of ancient Athens.
	www.yiannipalos.com /Ac3P3.html (159 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		If it were a frieze of the Panathenaea, Athena would be the centerpiece of the gods, but she instead shares the spotlight with Zeus, who is symmetrical to her position on the eastern pediment.
		This is appropriate to this theory because the Bouphonia Festival to Zeus took place in the last month of the year, the month preceding the month of the Panathenaea, which validates the claim why Athena and Zeus are symmetrical on the frieze.
		This is an argument that goes against this frieze being of the Panathenaea and supporting point 1.
	www.classics.uga.edu /courses/clas4340/workshops/pm_3/sartain_pm3.htm (836 words)

	Panathenaea: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		...to the last day of the year 423-2, but to the Panathenaea of the year 422.The most apparent interpretation...evidence is that the records covered the period from Panathenaea to Panathenaea.
		...various festivals, for example the Panathenaea, Oschophoria, and City Dionysia at...place as a holy song, for example the Panathenaea at Athens, the Theoxenia at Delphi...February-March, Thargelia May-June, Panathenaea JulyAugust, Hephaestea and Promethia...
		Her most important festival was the Panathenaea, which was celebrated annually at Athens.
	www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/panathenaea.jsp?l=P&p=1 (530 words)

	The Rock Acropolis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		This statue was the final destination of the Great Panathenaea procession, depicted on the frieze of the temple.
		Every year ancient Athenians celebrated the Mikra Panathenaea (lesser), and every four years the Megala Panathenaea (Great) which were more magnificent still and which included contests in equestrian skill.
		On the last day a procession started from Kerameikos, passed through the Agora and climbed to the Acropolis to offer Athena her so called peplos (vestment).
	www.homemadetravel.com /htmlgr/rock.htm (1052 words)

	PANATHENAEA - Online Information article about PANATHENAEA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)
		union (Synoecism) itself was celebrated by a distinct festival, called Synoecia or Synoecesia, which had no connexion with the Panathenaea.
		The proceedings were under the superintendence of ten athlothetae, one from each tribe, the lesser Panathenaea being managed by hieropoei.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /PAI_PAS/PANATHENAEA.html (1287 words)

	Festivals of Athena
		The Panathenaea was the penultimate festival of Athena, celebrating her as Goddess of the arts, the city, and athletics.
		It has long been assumed that this festival is the subject of the 'Panathenaea frieze' of the Parthenon.
		A play by Euripides tells a version of the Athenian foundation myth in which the three daughters of the first king of Athens sacrifice themselves to save the new city, and Connelly identifies this myth as the subject of the Panathenaea frieze.
	www.moonspeaker.ca /Athena/atfestivals.html (1673 words)

	OLYMPIC GAMES
		It is estimated that the Panathenaea seized in the early 5th century AD.
		During the Classical period, the festival took place in the second half of August for eight days and consisted of athletic and equestrian contests, music and rhapsody competitions, as well as other sports and festivities.
		As opposed to the other Panhellenic games, the Panathenaea were characterized as chrematites (monetary) and not stefanites (wreath-bearing) because the athletes received expensive prizes (e.g.
	www.fhw.gr /olympics/ancient/en/otherg_panath.html (243 words)

	Ø Wilson's Almanac free daily ezine \| Book of Days \| August 8 \| Greater Panathenaea, ancient Athens ...
		Greece’s two greatest festivals, both in honour of Athena, goddess of Athens, were the Greater Panathenaea and the Lesser.
		Interestingly enough, even after the gold and ivory statue was housed in the Parthenon, the peplos was still presented to an old wooden cult statue of Athena.
		The Panathenaea was the only time that men were allowed to carry their weapons in the streets.
	www.wilsonsalmanac.com /book/aug8.html (2732 words)

	Ancient Greek Festivals (2/2)
		And the house of the Phytalidai had the overseeing of these sacrifices, Theseos doing them that honor in recompense of their former hospitality.
		The larger festival, called Great Panathenaea, lasted five days, while the smaller festivals held in the other years, lasted for only 2 days.
		At night, there was a procession in where the people bore torches as they moved towards the temples on the Acropolis.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Festivals2.htm (3023 words)

	Facts and Figures: The Greek World
		They were reconciled when Zeus pretended that he has a new bride and she discovered that her so-called rival was only a wooden statue of a woman, when she ripped off the veil.
		The Panathenaea was a festival held in Athens, where they sacrificed animals to Athena, their great patron goddess and protectress.
		There are festivals where games and contests held various parts of Greece, but these tends to be more local, such as the Panathenaea in Athens and Delia on the island of Delos.
	www.timelessmyths.com /classical/greekworld.html (4169 words)

	HELLAS:NET - Acropolis
		This temple was probably the predecessor of the Parthenon which can be seen today, but it also possible that on this place an even older temple was situated which was related to the reformations of the Panathenaea festivities in 566 BC.
		This hall was called the Parthenon, or the 'Hall of virgins' as young maids served the goddess in this room during the Panathenaea festivities.
		It depicts the procession of the Panathenaea, the most formal religious festival of ancient Athens, which was even visited by several gods to witness the handing over of the peplos.
	monolith.dnsalias.org /~marsares/acro/parth (1010 words)

	Panathenaea * People, Places, & Things * Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant
		Panathenaea * People, Places, and Things * Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant
		A name applied to two Athenian festivals in honor of the goddess Athene (Athena).
		The Lesser Panathenaea was celebrated yearly; every fourth year the festival was punctuated with greater pomp and called the Greater Panathenaea; the festival included athletic contests, musical and dramatic competitions and was concluded with a solemn procession to the Akropolis (Acropolis) where an elaborately embroidered peplos was placed on Athene’s statue.
	www.messagenet.com /myths/ppt/Panathenaea_1.html (266 words)

	HELLAS:NET - Acropolis
		The political centre of the city had moved from the Acropolis to the Aeropagos.
		The change of Athens from a settlement into one huge sanctuary most likely took place during the leadership of the tyrant Pisistratus as a result of his reformations of the Panathenaea in 566 BC.
		The Panathenaea were not the only festivity in the name of Athena and her sacred wooden statue.
	monolith.dnsalias.org /~marsares/acro/history/archean.html (546 words)

	Xena Fandom in Europe
		For 2001, there is already a convention planned, Panathenaea 2001 with Michael "Iolaus" Hurst scheduled as the main guest.
		The differences between European fandom and American fandom become obvious at the conventions, especially in the way the actors are treated.
		This is something Kevin Smith noticed during the Panathenaea convention, and said that he really wanted to come to the convention because he felt the European fans were being ignored by the powers that be.
	www.whoosh.org /issue50/dejong2.html (2015 words)

	Detail Page
		28th day: Panathenaea (Panathenaia), a major festival that appears to have been celebrated at Athens on a varying number of days between the 23rd and 30th days of Hekatombaion, with the main celebration on the 28th.
		The festival was in honor of the birth of the goddess Athena, and the focal point was the presentation of a new robe (peplos) to the goddess.
		Every fourth year a much larger celebration took place called the Great Panathenaea (Panathenaic Games), which included horse racing, chariot racing and a regatta; on the other three years the festival was known as the Lesser Panathenaea.
	www.fofweb.com /Onfiles/Ancient/AncientDetail.asp?iPin=HLAG1145 (2415 words)

	P1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Panathenaea are celebrations in honour of the goddess of the city, Athena.
		The frieze of Panathenaea was done according to the instructions of the most famous sculptor, Pheidias.
		These sculptures are considered as the greatest work of art of all times.
	jfbradu.free.fr /GRECEANTIQUE/athenes/anglais/athens21.htm (202 words)

	P1
		The frieze of the Panathenaea is about 5 feet long.
		It is carved on marble slabs, one meter high.
		The legend of some scenes taking place on the frieze of Panathenaea.
	jfbradu.free.fr /GRECEANTIQUE/athenes/anglais/athens23.htm (102 words)

	06-2001
		The first occupant of the chair will be Dr. Thanos Veremis, professor of political history at the University of Athens.
		The School of Comparative Arts and the Department of Classics at Ohio University will hold their Third Annual Panathenaea in Athens Ohio on May 11 and 12.
		The original Panathenaea were celebrated in ancient Athens during the summer months to honor the birth of goddess Athena.
	www.prometheas.org /newsletter/06-2001.htm (1406 words)

	The Age of Pericles (Detailed Description)
		Thucydides’s terrifying description of the Plague’s physical and social impact on Athens—including the death of Pericles—and its possible role in the ultimate defeat of Athens by Sparta
		the two distinct calendars, secular and religious, around which the Athenians organized their busy lives, and the Panathenaea, the extraordinary festival and procession that honored Athena.
		As one scholar has described that special day, "The city would have been resounding to the bellowing of cattle being dragged off to their slaughter.
	www.teach12.com /ttc/assets/coursedescriptions/3317.asp (1313 words)

	Panathenaea 2000 Photos Page 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Professor Martin Helzle (left, Case Western Reserve University) and Professor Randall Colaizzi (Wellesley College) begin the festivities with a bilingual reading (Latin and English) of Book I. The Panathenaic vase potted by Comparative Arts doctoral student Amy Miller and painted by Comparative Arts professor Timothy Wutrich, in imitation of the ancient Panathenaic vases.
		Plans for future Panathenaeae at Ohio University include the annual awarding of the vase or vases for a poetry recitation competition and a footrace.
		Listeners attend the noontime opening of the Panathenaea at Ohio University's Wilhelm Theater on Friday 19 May 2000.
	www.ohiou.edu /panathenaea/panathenaea/PanPhotos2.html (105 words)

	Study of the "Timaeus" & "Critias"- AR Group's Cooperative Look - Atlantis Rising
		On page 1 of the Timaeus quote, Critias is saying his presentation of the Athens/Atlantis story will be a hymn of praise to the Goddess on the occasion of her Panathenaea festival.
		It will be a fitting monument of our gratitude to you, and a hymn of praise true and worthy of the goddess, on this her day of festival.
		Athens held these festivals annually, and there was also a greather Panathenaea which was celebrated every 5 years.
	forums.atlantisrising.com /ubb/Forum1/HTML/000953.html (8243 words)

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