1 A district in the southern part of Athens, though topographers differ widely as to its location. It was doubtless originally a swamp (λίμνη).
2 Anthesterion corresponds to the latter half of February and the prior half of March. It was in this month that the Feast of Flowers (τὰ Ἀνθεστήρια) was celebrated in honor of Dionysus.
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