*Ø* Blogmanac August 8 | Panathenaea
I began to sing of Pallas Athena, the glorious goddess, owl-eyed, inventive, unbending of heart, pure virgin, savior of cities, courageous, tritogeneia. From his awful head wise Zeus himself bore her arrayed in warlike arms of flashing gold, and awe seized all the gods as they gazed. But Athena sprang quickly from the immortal head and stood before Zeus who holds the aegis, shaking a sharp spear: great Olympus began to reel horribly at the might of the owl-eyed goddess, and earth round about cried fearfully, and the sea was moved and tossed with dark waves, while foam burst forth suddenly: the bright son of Hyperion stopped his swift-footed horses a long while, until the maiden Pallas Athena had stripped the heavenly armor from her immortal shoulders. And wise Zeus was glad.
Homeric Hymn #28
Panathenaea, ancient Athens
Greece’s two greatest festivals were the Greater Panathenaea and the Lesser. Both were held beginning probably on the 17th of the month of Hecatombaeon; the Lesser every year and the Greater every four years in the third year of the Olympiad.
The greater one was more solemn, and on that occasion (not on the Lesser) the peplus (a crocus-coloured garment woven with images of Enceladus and the giants conquered by the goddess) of the goddess was carried on the mast of a ship to her temple in Athens (the Parthenon, on the hill known as the Acropolis), in a great procession. Maidens from the noblest families of Athens carried baskets with offerings.
Sacrifices of bulls were offered at the Panathenaea festivals. Athenians held foot, horse and chariot races, gymnastic and musical contests, recitations from Homer, philosophy, cock fights, and other entertainments. The prizes in contests were jars filled with oil from the ancient, scarred olive tree of Athena on the Acropolis.
Theft by Britain of the Parthenon Marbles
The British government holds, and refuses to return, a sacred marble frieze stolen from the Parthenon. Read more on the misnamed 'Elgin Marbles'
The importance of the Elgin Marbles
Museums: 'No secret talks' over Marbles
"Aug 4 2003: The British Museum yesterday categorically rejected a claim that it was to give back the Parthenon marbles for next year's Olympic Games in Athens." Source
I began to sing of Pallas Athena, the glorious goddess, owl-eyed, inventive, unbending of heart, pure virgin, savior of cities, courageous, tritogeneia. From his awful head wise Zeus himself bore her arrayed in warlike arms of flashing gold, and awe seized all the gods as they gazed. But Athena sprang quickly from the immortal head and stood before Zeus who holds the aegis, shaking a sharp spear: great Olympus began to reel horribly at the might of the owl-eyed goddess, and earth round about cried fearfully, and the sea was moved and tossed with dark waves, while foam burst forth suddenly: the bright son of Hyperion stopped his swift-footed horses a long while, until the maiden Pallas Athena had stripped the heavenly armor from her immortal shoulders. And wise Zeus was glad.
Homeric Hymn #28
Panathenaea, ancient Athens
Greece’s two greatest festivals were the Greater Panathenaea and the Lesser. Both were held beginning probably on the 17th of the month of Hecatombaeon; the Lesser every year and the Greater every four years in the third year of the Olympiad.
The greater one was more solemn, and on that occasion (not on the Lesser) the peplus (a crocus-coloured garment woven with images of Enceladus and the giants conquered by the goddess) of the goddess was carried on the mast of a ship to her temple in Athens (the Parthenon, on the hill known as the Acropolis), in a great procession. Maidens from the noblest families of Athens carried baskets with offerings.
Sacrifices of bulls were offered at the Panathenaea festivals. Athenians held foot, horse and chariot races, gymnastic and musical contests, recitations from Homer, philosophy, cock fights, and other entertainments. The prizes in contests were jars filled with oil from the ancient, scarred olive tree of Athena on the Acropolis.
Theft by Britain of the Parthenon Marbles
The British government holds, and refuses to return, a sacred marble frieze stolen from the Parthenon. Read more on the misnamed 'Elgin Marbles'
The importance of the Elgin Marbles
Museums: 'No secret talks' over Marbles
"Aug 4 2003: The British Museum yesterday categorically rejected a claim that it was to give back the Parthenon marbles for next year's Olympic Games in Athens." Source
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