=Anthermus=, a Chian sculptor, son of Micciades and grandson to Malas. He and his brother Bupalus made a statue of the poet Hipponax, which caused universal laughter on account of the deformity of its countenance. The poet was so incensed upon this, and inveighed with so much bitterness against the statuaries, that they hung themselves, according to the opinion of some authors. _Pliny_, bk. 36, ch. 5. =Anthes=, a native of Anthedon, who first invented hymns. _Plutarch_, _de Musica_.――――A son of Neptune. =Anthesphoria=, festivals celebrated in Sicily in honour of Proserpine, who was carried away by Pluto as she was gathering flowers. _Claudian_, _de Raptu Proserpinæ_.――――Festivals of the same name were also observed at Argos in honour of Juno, who was called Antheia. _Pausanias_, _Corinth_.――_Pollux_, _Onomasticon_, bk. 1, ch. 1. =Anthesteria=, festivals in honour of Bacchus among the Greeks. They were celebrated in the month of February, called Anthesterion, whence the name is derived, and continued three days. The first was called Πιθοιγια, ἀπο του πιθους οἰγειν, because they _tapped_ their _barrels_ of liquor. The second day was called Χοες, from the measure χοα, because every individual drank of his own vessel, in commemoration of the arrival of Orestes, who, after the murder of his mother, came, without being purified, to Demophoon or Pandion king of Athens, and was obliged, with all the Athenians, to drink by himself for fear of polluting the people by drinking with them before he was purified of the parricide. It was usual on that day to ride out in chariots, and ridicule those that passed by. The best drinker was rewarded with a crown of leaves, or rather of gold, and with a cask of wine. The third day was called χυτροι from χυτρα, a vessel brought out full of all sorts of seeds and herbs, deemed sacred to Mercury, and therefore not touched. The slaves had the permission of being merry and free during these festivals; and at the end of the solemnity a herald proclaimed, Θυραζε, Καρες, ουκ ετ’ Ἀνθεστηρια, _i.e._ Depart, ye Carian slaves, the festivals are at an end. _Ælian_, _Varia Historia_, bk. 2, ch. 41. =Anthēus=, a son of Antenor, much esteemed by Paris.――――One of the companions of Æneas. _Virgil_, _Æneid_, bk. 1, li. 514. =Anthīa=, a sister of Priam, seized by the Greeks. She compelled the people of Pallene to burn their ships, and build Scione. _Polyænus_, bk. 7, ch. 47.――――A town. _See:_ Anthea.――――A daughter of Thespius, mistress to Hercules. _Apollodorus_, bk. 2, ch. 7. =Anthias.= _See:_ Antheas. =Anthippe=, a daughter of Thestius. =Anthium=, a town of Thrace, afterwards called Apollonia. _Pliny_, bk. 4, ch. 11.――――A city of Italy. =Anthius= (_flowery_), a name of Bacchus worshipped at Athens. He had also a statue at Patræ. =Antho=, a daughter of Amulius king of Alba.