Ἀμφιδρόμια
Amphidromia
Translated by Jennifer Benedict11 Aug 2000Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
They hold this [ceremony] for new-born babies on their fifth [day], in which the women who came together for the delivery cleanse their hands; they run round the hearth carrying the child and the relatives send presents, for the most part octopuses and cuttle-fish. The name is given [to the child] on the tenth [day].