Panathenaea
[ pan-ath-uh-nee-uh ]
/ ˌpæn æθ əˈni ə /
noun
a festival in honor of the goddess Athena, celebrated yearly in ancient Athens, with each fourth year reserved for greater pomp, marked by contests, as in athletics and music, and highlighted by a solemn procession to the Acropolis bearing a peplos embroidered for the goddess.
Also
Pan·ath·e·nai·a
[pan-ath-uh-ney-uh] /ˌpæn æθ əˈneɪ ə/.
Example sentences from the Web for panathenaia
At the Panathenaia noble Athenian maidens carried such baskets, filled with holy cakes, incense, and knives on their heads.
Museum of Antiquity |L. W. YaggyIt formed the chief feature of the Doric gymnopaidia and of the greater and lesser Panathenaia at Athens.
Museum of Antiquity |L. W. YaggyThe Panathenaia was not, like the Dithyramb, a spring festival.
Ancient Art and Ritual |Jane Ellen HarrisonThe institution of this greater Panathenaia is attributed to Peisistratos.
British Dictionary definitions for panathenaia
Panathenaea
/ (pæˌnæθɪˈniːə) /
noun
(in ancient Athens) a summer festival on the traditional birthday of Athena