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STUDIES AT ATHENS.
DIONYSUS εν Λίμναις. [B]
The dispute over the number of Dionysiac festivals in the Attic calendar, more particularly with regard to the date of the so-called Lenaea, is one of long duration. [111] Boeckh maintained that the Lenaea were a separate festival celebrated in the month Gamelio. To this opinion August Mommsen in the Heortologie returns; and maintained as it is by 0. Ribbeck, [112] by Albert Müller, [113] by A.E. Haigh, [114] and by G. Oehmichen, [115] it may fairly be said to be the accepted theory to-day. This opinion, however, is by no means universally received. For example, O. Gilbert [116] has attempted to prove that the country Dionysia, Lenaea, and Anthesteria were only parts of the same festival.
Footnote B:[ (return) ] I wish to express my hearty thanks to Prof. U. von Wilamowitz-Möllendorff of the University of Göttingen, Prof. K. Schöll of the University of Munich, Prof. A.C. Merriam of Columbia College, and Dr. Charles Waldstein and Prof. R.Β. Richardson, Directors of the American School at Athens, for many valuable criticisms and suggestions.
Footnote 111:[ (return) ] Vom Unterschied der Lenäen, Anthesterien und ländlichen Dionysien, in den Abhdl. der k. Akad. der Wiss. zu Berlin, 1816-17.
Footnote 112:[ (return) ] Die Anfänge und Entwickelung des Dionysoscultus in Attika.
Footnote 113:[ (return) ] Bühnen-Alterthümer.
Footnote 114:[ (return) ] The Attic Theatre.
Footnote 115:[ (return) ] Das Bühnenwesen der Griechen und Römer.
Footnote 116:[ (return) ] Die Festzeit der Attischen Dionysien.