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Great Panathenaia: Only open to Athenians and resident foreigners, Athena was the patron god, 8 day festival, Athletic and Literary competitions, Started with a performance of the Iliad and the Odyssey, Winners received an amphorae filled with olive oil, Stadion was the main event, Included Boxing and Pankration, Sacrifice was at the altar of Athena Polias, Also included equestrian events, City Dionysia: Founded in the 6th Century, Celebrated Dionysus, Eponymous Archon was in charge, Archon would choose 3 tragic playwrights and 5 comic playwrights, Choregos financed the event, The Dithyramb was a dance in honour of Dionysus, A procession took place on the first morning, The Komos (drinking party) celebrated the phallus, On the second day a piglet was sacrificed, Aeschylus and Sophocles were some of the playwrights celebrated., The Lupercalia: Honoured the god Lupercus, Took place every year on 15th February, Only priests known as Lupercus took part, Took place in a cave in the Palletine Hills, Sacrificed dogs and goats, The priests would run naked around the Roman Forum after the sacrifice, As the priests ran they whipped the spectators with strips of leather, The pregnant and those who wanted to get pregnant would hope to be whipped, dedicated to the god of fertility, The blood sacrifice was dripped onto the foreheads of the priests, The Saturnalia: Honoured the god Saturn, Celebrated the Winter Solstice, took place on the 17th-23rd December, It was very popular and the forerunner to Christmas, All businesses closed, Whole city took part, There were public and private feasts, Gift giving was a big part, Slaves would dress up as their masters, Party dress was worn,

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