Panathenaic

[ pan-ath-uh-ney-ik ]

/ ˌpæn æθ əˈneɪ ɪk /

of or relating to a Panathenaea, a festival in honor of the goddess Athena.

Also Pan·ath·e·nae·an

[pan-ath-uh-nee-uh n] /ˌpæn æθ əˈni ən/.

Origin of Panathenaic

1595–1605; panathena(ea) + -ic

Prototype, a procession to Eleusis or elsewhere: the Panathenaic, possibly.

Cyropaedia |Xenophon
He won all the contests at the Panathenaic festival at Athens, whose king, Aegeus, slew him out of jealousy.

The Aeneid of Virgil |Virgil
The model for these was doubtless taken from the basket-bearing maidens of the Panathenaic procession, the Canephor.

History of Ancient Art |Franz von Reber
Those with Panathenaic subjects were probably given full of oil, as prizes at the national games.

Museum of Antiquity |L. W. Yaggy

The Panathenaic procession is the subject carried the entire length of this bas-relief decoration.

Greek Sculpture |Estelle M. Hurll