LENAIA

The Lenaea (Lh/naia ), or Feast of Vats.
Held at Athens in the month of Gamelion (January to February),
at the Lenaion, the oldest and most venerable sanctuary of Dionysus in the city.
After a great banquet, for which the meat was provided at the public expense,
the citizens went in procession through the city, with the usual jesting and mockery,
to attend the representation of the tragedies and comedies at the theatre.