Panathenaea
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The Panathenaea was the principal religious and civic festival of ancient Athens, featuring processions, sacrifices, athletic and musical contests, and the celebration of the city’s patron goddess Athena.
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Target entity: Panathenaea Context triple: [Athena, festival, Panathenaea]
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Isthmian Games
The Isthmian Games were one of the major Panhellenic athletic and religious festivals of ancient Greece, held near Corinth in honor of the sea god Poseidon.
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Pythian Games
The Pythian Games were one of the four major Panhellenic festivals of ancient Greece, featuring athletic and musical competitions held in honor of Apollo at Delphi.
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Panhellenic Games
The Panhellenic Games were a series of four major athletic and religious festivals in ancient Greece, including the Olympic, Pythian, Nemean, and Isthmian Games, held in honor of various gods and drawing competitors from across the Greek world.
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Dionysia
Dionysia was a major ancient Athenian festival in honor of Dionysus, celebrated with theatrical performances, processions, and revelry that became central to the development of Greek drama.
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Daphnephoria
Daphnephoria was an ancient Greek religious procession and festival held at Thebes in honor of Apollo, featuring ceremonial parades with laurel branches and elaborate ritual symbolism.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Panathenaea Target entity description: The Panathenaea was the principal religious and civic festival of ancient Athens, featuring processions, sacrifices, athletic and musical contests, and the celebration of the city’s patron goddess Athena.
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A.
Isthmian Games
The Isthmian Games were one of the major Panhellenic athletic and religious festivals of ancient Greece, held near Corinth in honor of the sea god Poseidon.
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B.
Pythian Games
The Pythian Games were one of the four major Panhellenic festivals of ancient Greece, featuring athletic and musical competitions held in honor of Apollo at Delphi.
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C.
Panhellenic Games
The Panhellenic Games were a series of four major athletic and religious festivals in ancient Greece, including the Olympic, Pythian, Nemean, and Isthmian Games, held in honor of various gods and drawing competitors from across the Greek world.
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Dionysia
Dionysia was a major ancient Athenian festival in honor of Dionysus, celebrated with theatrical performances, processions, and revelry that became central to the development of Greek drama.
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Daphnephoria
Daphnephoria was an ancient Greek religious procession and festival held at Thebes in honor of Apollo, featuring ceremonial parades with laurel branches and elaborate ritual symbolism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (74)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Athenian civic festival
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ancient Greek religious festival ⓘ annual Athenian festival ⓘ festival in honor of Athena ⓘ major Athenian festival ⓘ |
| associatedObject |
Panathenaic amphora
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Panathenaia ⓘ
surface form:
Panathenaic peplos
|
| continuedInto |
Hellenistic period
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Roman Imperial period ⓘ |
| country |
Classical Athens
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surface form:
ancient Athens
|
| culture | ancient Greek culture ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Athena
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surface form:
Athena Polias
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| depictedOn |
Parthenon sculptures
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surface form:
Parthenon frieze
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| floruitPeriod | Classical Athens ⓘ |
| hasPart |
animal sacrifices
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armed dances ⓘ athletic contests ⓘ boat races ⓘ contests in rhetoric and philosophy in later periods ⓘ distribution of sacrificial meat ⓘ hippic contests ⓘ musical agones ⓘ musical contests ⓘ panhellenic athletic games ⓘ poetry recitations ⓘ procession of the peplos ⓘ public feasting ⓘ pyrrhic dances ⓘ religious procession ⓘ rhapsodic recitations of Homer ⓘ sacrifice of hecatomb of cattle ⓘ torch races ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Panathenaea
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Greater Panathenaea
Panathenaea self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Lesser Panathenaea
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| honoredAspectOfAthena |
Athena as goddess of wisdom and crafts
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Athena as protector of the city ⓘ |
| inspired | construction of the Panathenaic Stadium in marble under Herodes Atticus ⓘ |
| languageOfRitual | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Athens
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surface form:
city of Athens
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| mainDeity | Athena ⓘ |
| mainVenue |
Acropolis of Athens
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Panathenaic Stadium ⓘ Panathenaic Way ⓘ |
| musicContestsIncluded |
aulos playing
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choral singing ⓘ kithara playing ⓘ |
| notableRitual |
dressing of ancient wooden cult statue of Athena
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presentation of woven peplos to Athena ⓘ |
| occursEvery |
four years
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one year ⓘ |
| originTraditionallyAttributedTo | Theseus ⓘ |
| participants |
Athenian citizens
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allied Greeks ⓘ resident metics ⓘ |
| partOf | Athenian religious calendar ⓘ |
| patronGoddessHonored |
Athena
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surface form:
Athena Polias
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| politicalFunction |
affirmation of Athenian democracy
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display of Athenian civic unity ⓘ display of Athenian imperial power in classical period ⓘ |
| prize |
Panathenaic prize amphorae filled with olive oil
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olive oil from sacred olive trees of Athena ⓘ |
| processionRoute | from Dipylon Gate to Acropolis ⓘ |
| religiousSignificance | renewal of bond between Athena and the city of Athens ⓘ |
| religiousType | state cult festival ⓘ |
| reorganizedBy | Peisistratos ⓘ |
| reorganizedInCentury | 6th century BCE ⓘ |
| sportsIncluded |
boxing
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chariot racing ⓘ pankration ⓘ pentathlon ⓘ stadion race ⓘ wrestling ⓘ |
| timeOfYear |
around late July to early August
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month of Hekatombaion ⓘ |
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Subject: Panathenaea Description of subject: The Panathenaea was the principal religious and civic festival of ancient Athens, featuring processions, sacrifices, athletic and musical contests, and the celebration of the city’s patron goddess Athena.
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