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Στήνια

Στήνια, a festival in which the ἄνοδος of Demeter was celebrated by women by night

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Στηνίοισι Proper-name noun: neuter dative plural of Στήνια

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Στήνια, τά,
  • a festival in which the ἄνοδος of Demeter was celebrated by women by night, with mutual abuse and low language, Ar. Th. 834, Eub. 148, IG 2(2).674.7:—hence the Verb στηνιῶσαι to be scurrilous, Hsch.

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