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[[Plutarch]] states that the festival took place on the 25th, but probably only because it lasted for several days.<ref>[[Edward Dodwell]], ''de Cyclis'' p. 349</ref><ref>comp. ''Philol. Mus.'' ii. p. 234</ref> The day of this festival was at Athens among the ''apophrades'' ({{lang|grc|ἀποφράδες}}) or ''[[dies nefasti]]'', that is, impure days on which temples were closed and business was not done. During the festival the temple of Athena was surrounded by a rope to preclude all communication with it.<ref>Pollux, viii. 141</ref> Her statue was stripped of its garments and ornaments so that they might be ritually cleaned, and was in the meanwhile covered over to conceal it from the sight of man.<ref name="plut"/><ref>[[Xenophon]], ''[[Hellenica (Xenophon)|Hellenica]]'' i. 4. § 12</ref> The ''[[genos]]'' of women who performed this service were called ''praxiergidai'' ({{lang|grc|πραξιεργίδαι}}).<ref name="OCD"/><ref name="plut"/><ref>[[Hesychius of Alexandria]] ''s.v.''</ref> The city was therefore, so to speak, on this day without its protecting divinity, and any undertaking commenced on it was believed to be necessarily unsuccessful. A procession was also held on the day of the Plynteria, in which a quantity of dried figs, called ''hegetoria'' ({{lang|grc|ἡγητορία}}), was carried around.<ref>Etymol. Magn.</ref><ref>[[Hesychius of Alexandria]] ''s.v.'' {{lang|grc|Ἡγητορία}}</ref><ref>Photius, ''Lex.'' ''s.v.''</ref> |
[[Plutarch]] states that the festival took place on the 25th, but probably only because it lasted for several days.<ref>[[Edward Dodwell]], ''de Cyclis'' p. 349</ref><ref>comp. ''Philol. Mus.'' ii. p. 234</ref> The day of this festival was at Athens among the ''apophrades'' ({{lang|grc|ἀποφράδες}}) or ''[[dies nefasti]]'', that is, impure days on which temples were closed and business was not done. During the festival the temple of Athena was surrounded by a rope to preclude all communication with it.<ref>Pollux, viii. 141</ref> Her statue was stripped of its garments and ornaments so that they might be ritually cleaned, and was in the meanwhile covered over to conceal it from the sight of man.<ref name="plut"/><ref>[[Xenophon]], ''[[Hellenica (Xenophon)|Hellenica]]'' i. 4. § 12</ref> The ''[[genos]]'' of women who performed this service were called ''praxiergidai'' ({{lang|grc|πραξιεργίδαι}}).<ref name="OCD"/><ref name="plut"/><ref>[[Hesychius of Alexandria]] ''s.v.''</ref> The city was therefore, so to speak, on this day without its protecting divinity, and any undertaking commenced on it was believed to be necessarily unsuccessful. A procession was also held on the day of the Plynteria, in which a quantity of dried figs, called ''hegetoria'' ({{lang|grc|ἡγητορία}}), was carried around.<ref>Etymol. Magn.</ref><ref>[[Hesychius of Alexandria]] ''s.v.'' {{lang|grc|Ἡγητορία}}</ref><ref>Photius, ''Lex.'' ''s.v.''</ref> |
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The Plynteria is thought to have originated in [[Ionia]], where |
The Plynteria is thought to have originated in [[Ionia]], where several communities had a month named ''Plynterion''.<ref name="OCD"/> |
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