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Athens' Springfest planning!
dateline: Jan 13, 2003 - 16:59
All Athenians and visitors are encouraged to drop by the
Athens planning office (well, here, lol) and throw in their two
cents'
worth regarding the Athens activities!
Once again AncientWorlds is headed toward knocking itself out to entertain her citizens. this year we are going to celebrate the benididia in mid may. check the post in this thread for more details and then sign on here to help with the planing! by: Aphrodite Theocritos
Anthesteria
Instead of the Dionysia I'd go for the Anthesteria. The Anthesteria (also known as the Ancient Dionysia) was a Festival of Flowers (Anthê) for Dionysos Anthios, the Blooming God. They took place at the end of February (11th, 12th and 13th of the month called Anthesterion).
If you want to know more about it, please let me know.
oh, that sounds lovely indeed...
yes, more please :-)...and links if you got 'em. ~ Aphrodite Theocritos
The full moon after the two full moons of winter?
I just love it when they get all ancient on us like that. Ioannis' wonderful article says, in terms of calculating when to have the festival (note, it's the 11-12-13th day of the month called Anthesterion). The paragraph says: We have held this festival since before the Greeks sailed to Troy [c. 1200 BCE]; its origin is beyond the limits of memory. The rites occur on the 11th, 12th and 13th - that is, during the full moon - of the month called Anthesterion. Nominally, this is the end of February, but more precisely the full moon following the full moon of the Lênaia, and two moons following the full moon nearest the winter solstice. This is the time when Zeus mated with Semele, who is also Persephone, and Dionysos was conceived. It is also the time when Dionysos took Ariadne to be His wife, and so we celebrate the marriage of the Basilinna (religious Queen {BASI/LINNA}) and the God. (The days are reckoned from sundown to sundown.) Ran to my handy dandy online Almanac. Here's the chart for the recent dates of the new moons: ALMANAC So, by my count, the festival - OR the month - would begin on the second full moon following the full mean nearest the winter solstice, or February 16. But does it start THAT day, or the 11-12-13th of the MONTH of Anthesterion, starting that day? Hehehehe. Now that we'll are confused, I leave it to Athens. ~ Heraklia Aelius
Anthesteria - I'm game
From: http://www.cs.utk.edu/~mclennan/BA/JO-Anth.html The first day of the Anthesteria is called Pithiogia, the Jar-Opening, in which, after a procession of the god's ship-chairot, wine jars that have been buried are opened. The second day is Khoes, Pitchers. The new wine is brought to the Limnaoin, Dionysus' sanctuary. After a libation, we get to drink. :-) This day is party day. And an interesting drinking contest is held - a silent drinking contest. At a signal, all drink and whoever is first to empty the cup wins...over and over and over. Third day is Khutroi, or Pots. Drinking continues, in preparation for a "Great Rite," basically a sacred marriage between Dionysus and a priestess. A perfectly acceptable fertility festivity, I might add. :-) I want to quote from the website for the end of this: Among the day's amusements are the Contests of the Khutroi (Agônes Khutrinoi), in which the Comoi (Comic Revellers) compete for the honor of performing at the City Dionysia next month, but as the day grows old, we carry the pots and escort the Dead to the Marshes. Glutted with wine, They will return at our bidding to the Underworld. We have honored the Dead and now They can depart. Which makes perfect sense to me. To sum up - we have three festivities for this site: 1) A procession; 2) A silent contest of some kind; 3) A comic revel. Thoughts? Suggestions? ~ Athenia Glaucon
Terrific!
The Anthesteria sounds like a very good choice. :-) Hey, she mentioned wine... ~ Louisa Agis
Theatre of Dionysus
Whatever the event, rest assured the Theatre of Dionysus has their original work "The Judgement of Paris" to present to the community. :) ~ Miron Isocrates
revised springfest plans for athens!
due to february time constraints upon many would-be organisers and participants, athens has selected an alternate festival for springfest '03. this festival is the benidideia, held in mid-may in honour of the thracian goddess bendis. for more information check here and here. and here is what perseus has available. start practicing your equestrian skills folks, 'cause we are going to have some fun with this one! ;-) ~ Aphrodite Theocritos
volunteers needed for athens' springfest planning...
anyone interested in helping out with the athens springfest planning please contact any one of the athens city scribes for more information! it is going to be a mid-may all-nighter...can we say PAR-TAY!?! ~ Aphrodite Theocritos
volunteers needed for BENEDIDEIA
our athenian spring festival is coming up and volunteers are still needed! check out the festival origins (links reposted below) and post your thoughts and ideas for the par-tay. also, feel free to sign up to help out, remember this is your festival *g* (ok, so technically she was a thracian goddess, but the athenians embraced her as their own...either way the springfest party is yours ;-), lol) benidideia, held in mid-may in honour of the thracian goddess bendis. for more information check here and here. and here is what perseus has available. ~ Aphrodite Theocritos |
