HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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Question
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If you attended the Festival of Dionysus, what would you experience?
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Four days of comedy and tragedy
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Chariot races and other games
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A banquet honoring the Emperor
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A solemn religious event
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Overview: The Dionysian Festival The Greek festival honoring the god Dionysus was the most important arts festival in the ancient world. Combining theater, music, dance and community, the six-day Spring event in Athens was attended by people from all over Greece.
Detailed explanation-2: -Day 3: Chytroi “Day of Cooking Pots” People would take precautions against these unlucky spirits by chewing buckthorn, smearing their doorways with pitch, and locking up all the sanctuaries to keep them out (only the temple of Dionysus remained open).
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