Example sentences for: panathenaic

How can you use “panathenaic” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The route of the great “sacred way” that linked the Agora with the Acropolis above — and that was used during the Panathenaic Festival — is now being excavated and rebuilt to allow visitors to walk in the footsteps of the ancient Athenians.

  • Designed by architects Callicrates and Iktinus, work began in 447 b.c. and the temple was dedicated in 438 b.c. with a huge celebration, the Panathenaic Festival, that involved thousands of people; live animals were sacrificed at an altar on the eastern façade.

  • Originally erected with a single chariot to commemorate victory in the Panathenaic Games, a second chariot group including Marcus Agrippa was added in 27 b.c.


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