Πυανόψια

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English (LSJ)

(sc. ἱερά), τά, an Athenian festival in the month Πυανοψιών, in honour of Apollo, Lycurg.Fr.84: elsewh. written Πυανέψια (cf. sq.) and expld. fr. πύανον ἕψειν, of a dish of beans cooked and offered, Plu. Thes.22, Ath.10.408a, etc.; acc. to Lycurg.l.c. the other Greeks called it Πανόψια ( Πανοψίαν codd.).