Festivals
Panafinei (vseafinskie ") on the right all the" activities "of Athens. Held in Athens every year in August. The founder panafiney considered Erichthonius, converter - Theseus.
Great Panafinei with music and gymnastic competitions. Festivities begin at night torchlight procession and ended with a festive procession Athenians. The procession climbed the sacred road and entered the temple to bring a gift to Athena Peplos, woven hands noble afinyanok of the finest expensive wool clothes with gold embroidery. Specially prepared for the holiday "Panathenaic amphora, a volume of 26 liters, which depicted scenes of competitions, and the goddess. Amphora filled with olive oil, going to the winner of the competition. From these amphorae were descended Cups, awarded to the winners at this time. Annual panafinei arranged Solon, the great set Peisistratos. According to the Chronicle of Eusebius, gymnastic competitions at Panafineyah first conducted in 566/65 BC. Oe. Pericles entered competitions in singing, playing the cithara and flute. At panafineyah sacrifices to Athena and the transfer took place Peplos goddess, which portrayed her exploits in the Gigantomachy. The sacred vessels Athens - painted amphorae for Panafiney mentions Callimachus.
Sinoykii - Athenian festival in honor of the goddess, associated with the union of communities that have taken place with Theseus.
Plinterii ("Holiday ablution") - a statue of Athena polyads priestess wrapped in blankets, 25 fargeliona been installed nationwide mourning. Return of Alcibiades in the city that day was considered a bad omen.
Agricultural festivals:
proharisterii (in connection with invasion of bread),
plinterii (early harvest),
arreforii (gift dew crops),
kallinterii (ripening)
skiroforii (aversion drought). During these celebrations occurred ablution Athens statues, boys an oath of civil service to the goddess.
Events in other cities:
In honor of the goddess carried tegeaty games Alaei.
Holiday Eatonia in Krannone (in honor of Athena Eatonia).
At the Temple of Athena Eatonia in Boeotia celebrated Pambeotii.
Games, founded by Alexander the Great in Ilion.
Also, Herodotus mentions a nationwide celebration in honor of Athens and Sais holiday "Athens" in avseev in Libya, where the girls are fighting among themselves. Two Roman festival of Minerva Ovid describes in the Fast ".