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| Pan·a·the·nae·a [ pàn athə n ə ] |
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summer festival in ancient Athens: a summer festival held annually in ancient Athens but with an extra ceremony every fourth year. It involved games, sacrifices, and music and poetry contests.
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| [Early 17th century. < Greek panathēnaia hiera "festival of all Athenians"] |
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