Πιθοιγία

Jar-opening, Pithoigia

Translated by David Whitehead22 Oct 2001Vetting: high6 revisions

5 words

The opening of the jar.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πιθοιγία· ἡ τοῦ πίθου ἀνοιγή.

Betacode

*piqoigi/a: h( tou= pi/qou a)noigh/.

Notes

The first day of the Athenian Anthesteria festival (held in late February, in modern terms); jars of wine made in the previous autumn "were taken to the sanctuary of Dionysus in the Marshes, opened, offered to the god, and sampled" (Robert Parker in OCD4 p.97).
For pithoi cf. pi 1585.

Linked from1 entry

π1585ΠίθοςPithos, PithusA proper name, and the vessel for holding wine.

Neighbouring entries

π1588ΠιθῶνοςPithon's; of Pithon π1589Πιθοίατοthey might obey π1590ΠιθοιγίαJar-opening, Pithoigia π1591ΠίθυλλοςPithyllos, Pithyllus π1592ΠικεντίνηPikentine, Picentine

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