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ληναῖος

lenaios

belonging to the wine-press

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What it meant

ληναῖος · lēnaios — LSJ

belonging to the wine-press

belonging to the wine-press; esp.

1 god of the wine-press

epith. of Dionysus, as god of the wine-press, D.S. 3.63.

2 the Lenaea

Λήναια (sc. ἱερά), τά, the Lenaea, an Athenian (also Rhodian, IG 12(1).125) festival held in the month Ληναιών (i.e. Gamelion) in honour of Dionysus, at which there were dramatic contests, esp. of the Com. Poets, Ar. Ach. 1155 (lyr.).

3 the Lenaeum, Lenaean

Λήναιον, τό, the Lenaeum, the place at Athens where the Lenaea were held, οὑπὶ Ληναίῳ ἀγών the Lenaean dramatic contest, opp. τὰ κατʼ ἄστυ, ib. 504, cf. Pl. Prt. 327d, Lex ap. D. 21.10; Διονύσια τὰ ἐπὶ Ληναίῳ SIG 1029.9 (iv B.C.).

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