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Primitive Athens as described by Thucydides

Note 201 — Chapter III · THE SANCTUARIES THAT ARE OUTSIDE THE CITADEL.

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Hesych. s.v. ἐπὶ Ληναίῳ ἀγών· ἔστιν ἐν τῷ ἄστει Λήναιον περίβολον ἔχον μέγαν, καὶ ἐν αὐτῷ Ληναίου Διονύσου ἱερόν, ἐν ᾧ ἐπετελοῦντο οἱ ἀγῶνες Ἀθηναίων πρὶν τὸ θέατρον οἰκοδομηθῆναι. The same account is given by Photius s.v. Λήναιον, by the Etym. Magnum ἐπὶ Ληναίῳ and Bekker’s Anecdota I. p. 278.

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