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- Instance of
- festival
- Country
- Classical Athens
- Image
- Greek vase with runners at the panathenaic games 530 bC.jpg
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- culture
- Ancient Greece
- Commons category
- Panathenaic Games
- native label
- Παναθήναια
- month of the year
- Hekatombaion
- commemorates
- Athena
- event interval
- 4
- described by source
- The Nuttall Encyclopædia
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Encyclopedic overview
Greek vase depicting runners at the Panathenaic Games c. 530 BC
The Panathenaic Games (Ancient Greek: Παναθήναια) were held every four years in Athens in Ancient Greece from 566 BC to the 3rd century AD. These Games incorporated religious festival, ceremony (including prize-giving), athletic competitions, and cultural events hosted within a stadium.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Panathenaic Games” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.