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Did The Arrephoria involved baskets?

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  • Frosty
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    1 decade ago
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    Explanation of Festival:

    Festival in honor of Athena. Every year four young girls (7 - 11 years old) who are called Arrephoroi (two of them are carrying the Peplos(veil) and the other two the holy items) elected to stay inside of Acropolis from the end of Pyanepsion.

    They wear white robes and gold jewlery, they play in a specific area inside Acropolis which is called Spheristran of Arrephoron and eat Anastatos or Nastos (like a cheese pie).

    The day of celebration the Arrephoroi are holding baskets on their heads with Goddesses's holy items given by the Priestess which they put in a cave (near Aphrodite's shrine) outside of Athens and new holy items are given to them by the Priestess, who is now pretending to be Athena, and later at night the Arrephoroi are carrying back the new holy items to a shrine in Acropolis. (this is only an enactment).

    The festival ends with the release of Arrephoroi from their oath and the election of new one from Arkhon Basileu (king priest).

    Source(s): druansha.multiply.com /calendar/item/10047
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