Χαλκεῖα
Chalkeia, Bronzes
Translated by David Whitehead25 Nov 2001Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
An ancient [sc. Athenian] festival popular long ago, but subsequently observed by the craftsmen only, because Hephaestus worked bronze in Attica. It is on the last day of [the] month Pyanepsion;1 also the day when priestesses, together with the arrephoroi, set the warp on the loom [for] the peplos [of Athena].