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basket-carriers
Philochorus says that it was during the reign of Erichthonios that virgins of good repute were first appointed to carry the baskets containing the requisites for the sacrifice to the goddess, in both the Panathenaia and…
Κανηφόροι· Φιλόχορός φησιν, ὡς Ἐριχθονίου βασιλεύοντος πρῶτον κατέστησαν αἱ ἐν ἀξιώματι παρθένοι φέρειν τὰ κανᾶ τῇ θεῷ, ἐφ' ᾧ ἐπέκειτο τὰ πρὸς τὴν θυσίαν, τοῖς τε Παναθηναίοις καὶ…