nounthesmŏphŏrĭaTHESMOPHORIA☆ KeepMeaningthe festival of DemeterLewis & Short 1879ModernAs printed, 1879THESMOPHORIALEWIS & SHORTTHESMOPHORIAthesmŏphŏrĭa, ōrum, n., = θεσμοφόρια, τά, I. the festival of Demeter or Ceres (as lawgiver) among the Greeks, Plin. 24, 9, 38, § 59; Arn. 5, 173; Macr. S. 3, 12; Hyg. Fab. 147.Read the whole entryIn the Academy Smith's classical dictionariesAntiquitiesThesmophoriaThesmophoria (Θεσμοφόρια). The Eleusinia and the Thesmophoria were the two great festivals held in Attica in honour of Demeter. The Athenian Thesmopho…