Προσχαιρητήρια

Proschaireteria, Proschaereteria

Translated by David Whitehead18 Dec 2000Vetting: high4 revisions

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A festival celebrated¹ in Athens, [sc. at the time of year] when Kore seems to go away.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Προσχαιρητήρια· ἑορτὴ παρ' Ἀθηναίοις γραφομένη, ὅτε δοκεῖ ἀπιέναι ἡ Κόρη.

Betacode

*prosxairhth/ria: e(orth\ par' *)aqhnai/ois grafome/nh, o(/te dokei= a)pie/nai h( *ko/rh.

From Harpokration s.v., commenting on the headword's appearance in the orator Lycurgus (fr.50 Conomis). This festival is attested only there and in the lexicography flowing therefrom.
For Kore (a.k.a. Persephone), daughter of Demeter, see kappa 2077; she 'goes away' to spend part of the year in the Underworld.
1The transmitted text has "written," grafome/nh; for "celebrated," a)gome/nh, see Harpok. ↩

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