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

But was the Anthesteria a state festival, at which public sacrifices of cattle were made? The story of its institution by Pandion shows that it was public from the beginning. Aristophanes informs us 181 that it maintained this character; for the Basileus awarded the prize at the Choes. The question of sacrifice requires fuller treatment.