Festivals of Attica: An Archaeological Commentary Book

	List of Plates
	List of Figures
	Preface
	Abbreviations
	Introduction	3
1	Festivals of Zeus	8
	Dipolieia	8
	Diasia and Pompaia	12
	Olympieia	15
	Theogamia	16
2	Festivals of Demeter	17
	Thesmophoria and Stenia	18
	Skira	22
	The Great Mysteries	24
	Haloa	35
3	Festivals of Athena, Aphrodite and Hephaistos	38
	Chalkeia	38
	Arrephoria	39
	Plynteria	46
	Aphrodisia	48
	Festivals of Hephaistos	51
4	Panathenaia and Parthenon	55
5	Festivals of Apollo and Artemis	73
	Thargelia and Pyanopsia	76
	Hiketeria (?)	79
	Mounychia	81
	Charisteria	82
	Brauronia and Arkteia	83
6	Festivals of Dionysos	89
	Oschophoria	89
	Anthesteria	92
	Lenaia	100
	Rural Dionysia and City Dionysia	101
	Conclusions	105
	Index	111