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The Lenaea Festival

The Worshipful Institute of the Minstrels of Wine
Established 538 B.C.E
Minstrels Hall, London, England
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Click below for a more detailed exploration of the history and present day activities of the
Extant Minstrel Houses
The Women of Amphissa by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
The Egyptian Staff of Osiris
The Bacchanal of the Andrians by Titian
The Youth of Bacchus by William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Bacchanal before a Statue of Pan by Nicolas Poussin

“Welcome Initiates, on this, the twelfth day of Dionysus!"

 

“The day of Theemeter!"

 

The Triumph of Bacchus by Claes Cornelisz Moeyaert

“Behold! The clearing of the wine..."

 

“And now this pompe arrives..."

 

Sculpture of Bacchus by Michelangelo

“Let the contest begin!"

 

“And may all win, in the manner of Dikaiopolis."

 

Click below for a more detailed exploration of the history and present day activities of the
Extant Minstrel Houses

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