Panathenaea

The Panathenaea (now often referred to as the Panathenaic Festival) was the most important festival for Athens and one of the grandest in the entire ancient Greek world, and took place every four years with great splendour. They were held in honour of Athena, the patron goddess of the city-state (Athena Polias). Their status in Attica was only surpassed by that of the Olympic Games, and representatives of all the dependencies of Athens were present, bringing sacrificial animals.

Panathenaea was celebrated at the end of the Attic month of Hekatombaiōn, roughly corresponding to mid-August, and consisted of the sacrifices and rites proper to the season. The religious festival began with a great procession, which started from a double-arched gate in the city’s fortifications called Dipylon (double gate), in the area of Kerameikos, and moved along the large road known as the Panathenaic Road. The procession (which is the subject of the famous frieze of the Parthenon) was led by led by girls of noble origin carrying a veil they had weaved, embroidered with scenes from the Gigantomachy. When they reached Athena’s temple on the Acropolis, they laid the veil on her statue.

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