An-thes-tē'ri-on, n.

n. [Gr.] The eighth month of the Athenian year, consisting of 29 days, and answering to the close of February and a part of March;—supposed to be so called from the Anthes-teria, a festival in honor of Bacchus, celebrated in that month, and so named from ἄνθος, a flower, garlands of flowers being offered to Bacchus at that festival.