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Ἀνθεστήρια

Feast of Flowers,

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ἀνθεστήρια	noun pl neut voc
ἀνθεστήρια	noun pl neut nom
ἀνθεστήρια	noun pl neut acc

Ἀνθεσ-τήρια , τά,

A. Feast of Flowers, i.e. three days' festival of Dionysus at Athens, in the month Anthesterion, Apollod.Fr.28; also in Ionic cities, SIG38.32 (Teos), CIG3655 (Cyzicus). (Deriv. from ἀνα-θέσσασθαι is dub.; from ἀνθεῖν acc. to Ister28.)