Note (return) — THE TEMPLE ON THE ACROPOLIS BURNT BY THE PERSIANS.

The dispute over the number of Dionysiac festivals in the Attic calendar, more particularly with regard to the date of the so-called Lenaea, is one of long duration. 111 Boeckh maintained that the Lenaea were a separate festival celebrated in the month Gamelio. To this opinion August Mommsen in the Heortologie returns; and maintained as it is by 0. Ribbeck, 112 by Albert Müller, 113 by A.E. Haigh, 114 and by G. Oehmichen, 115 it may fairly be said to be the accepted theory to-day. This opinion, however, is by no means universally received. For example, O. Gilbert 116 has attempted to prove that the country Dionysia, Lenaea, and Anthesteria were only parts of the same festival.