anthesterion造句

• To her alone were dedicated the mysteries celebrated at Athens in the month of Anthesterion.
• Of all of the months, only the eighth, Anthesterion, was named directly after the major festival celebrated in its month, the Anthesteria.
• The Athenian months were called Hekatombion, Metageitnion, Boedromion, Pyanepsion, Maimakterion, Poseidon, Gamelion, Anthesterion, Elaphebolion, Munychion, Thargelion, and Skirophorion.
• VII 3, H25 ) observations by Timocharis during the 47th year of the first Callippic cycle ( 283 BC ), when on the eighth of Anthesterion, the Pleiades star cluster was occulted by the Moon.
• The Anthesteria, one of the four Athenian festivals in honour of Dionysus ( collectively the " Dionysia " ), was held annually for three days, the eleventh to thirteenth of the month of Anthesterion ( the January / February full moon ); it was preceded by the Lenaia.
• According to Mylonas, the lesser mysteries were held " as a rule once a year in the early spring in the month of flowers, the Anthesterion, " while " the Greater Mysteries were held once a year and every fourth year they were celebrated with special splendor in what was known as the " penteteris " . " Kerenyi concurs with this assessment : " The Lesser Mysteries were held at Agrai in the month of Anthesterion, our February . . . The initiates were not even admitted to the " epopteia " [ Greater Mysteries ] in the same year, but only in September of the following year . " This cycle continued for about two millennia.
• According to Mylonas, the lesser mysteries were held " as a rule once a year in the early spring in the month of flowers, the Anthesterion, " while " the Greater Mysteries were held once a year and every fourth year they were celebrated with special splendor in what was known as the " penteteris " . " Kerenyi concurs with this assessment : " The Lesser Mysteries were held at Agrai in the month of Anthesterion, our February . . . The initiates were not even admitted to the " epopteia " [ Greater Mysteries ] in the same year, but only in September of the following year . " This cycle continued for about two millennia.