the celebration dedicated to athena was called the panathenaea.
the celebration dedicated to athena was called the panathenaea.
what was the celebration dedicated to athena called?
the panathenaea
the panathenaea (, "all-athenian festival") was the most important festival for athens and one of the grandest in the entire ancient greek world. except for slaves, all inhabitants of the "polis" could take part in the festival. this holiday of great antiquity is believed to have been the observance of athena's birthday and honoured the goddess as the city's patron divinity, athena polias ('athena of the city'). a procession assembled before dawn at the dipylon gate in the northern sector of the city. the procession, led by the kanephoros, made its way to the areopagus and in front of the temple of athena nike next to the propylaea. only athenian citizens were allowed to pass through the propylaea and enter the acropolis. the procession passed the parthenon and stopped at the great altar of athena in front of the erechtheum. every four years a newly woven peplos was dedicated to athena.
athenian festivals
athena caused a quarrel between agamemnon and menelaus about the voyage from troy. agamemnon then stayed on to appease the anger of athena. diomedes and nestor held a discussion about the situation and decided to leave immediately. they took their vast armies and left troy. they managed to reach home safely but athena called upon poseidon to bring a violent storm upon most of other achaean ships. diomedes is one of the few achaean commanders to return home safely. since the other achaeans suffered during their respective 'nostoi' (returns) because they committed an atrocity of some kind, diomedes' safe nostos implies that he had the favour of the gods during his journey.
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