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1. Lenaia

   The Lenaia (Ancient Greek: Λήναια) was an annual Athenian festival with a dramatic competition. It was one of the lesser festivals of Athens and Ionia in ancient Greece. The Lenaia took place in Athens in Gamelion, roughly corresponding to January. The festival was in honour of Dionysus Lenaios. There is also evidence the festival also took place in Delphi.The term Lenaia probably comes from "lenos" 'wine-press' or from "lenai", another name for the Maenads (the female worshippers of Dionysus).

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1. Lenaia

   The Lenaia was an annual festival with a dramatic competition. It was one of the lesser festivals of Athens and Ionia in ancient Greece. The Lenaia took place in Athens in the month of Gamelion, roughly corresponding to January. The festival was in honour of Dionysos Lenaios. "Lenaia" probably comes from "lenai", which is another name for the Maenads. The Lenaia is depicted on numerous vases, which show both typical Maenad scenes and those of aristocrats and wine-mixing rituals. It is unknown exactly what kind of worship occurred at the festival, but it may have been in honour of Dionysos as a youth or the rebirth of Dionysos after his murder by the Cyclopes. It may have also had some connection with the Eleusinian Mysteries, as some of the same religious officials were involved. These officials led the procession, which probably ended with a sacrifice of some kind. In Athens, the festival was held in the Lenaion. Beginning in the second half of the 5th century BCE, plays were performed. The audiences for the Lenaia were usually limited to local citizens, since travel by sea at that time of year was considered unsafe. Around 442 BCE, new comic contests were officially included in the Lenaia, though plays may have been performed there earlier on an informal basis. At first, the festival held dramatic competitions only for comedy, but in 432 BCE a tragic contest was introduced. Many of Aristophanes' plays were first performed there. As with the competition at the City Dionysia, five comedies usually competed. When the contest for tragedy was introduced, two tragedians competed, each presenting two plays. No contests for satyr plays, nor for the singing and dancing of dithyrambs, were included. Towards the end of the century, the festival's plays were performed in the Theatre of Dionysus. It is unknown when the Lenaia was abandoned, but contests of some sort continued into the 2nd century BCE.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of lenaia in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of lenaia in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

References

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