Κιστοφόρος
basket-bearer, ivy-bearer
Translated by David Whitehead1 Dec 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
It seems that the baskets were sacred to Dionysos and the Two Goddesses.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κιστοφόρος· ἔοικε δὲ τὰς κίστας ἱερὰς εἶναι Διονύσου καὶ ταῖν Θεαῖν.
Betacode
*kistofo/ros: e)/oike de\ ta\s ki/stas i(era\s ei)=nai *dionu/sou kai\ tai=n *qeai=n.
Notes
- This entry derives from Harpokration s.v.
kittofo/ros (sic), "ivy-bearer", where it is pointed out that an alternative spelling iskistofo/ros , "basket-bearer" (which the Suda has); cf. kappa 1687.
Probably from ancient comment on Demosthenes 18.260 (for which see web address 1).