Arrephoros, the Glossary
An Arrephoros (Ἀρρήφορος) was a girl acolyte in the cult of Athena Polias on the Athenian Acropolis.[1]
Table of Contents
8 relations: Acolyte, Acropolis of Athens, Arrhephoria, Athena, Harpocration, Panathenaic Games, Pausanias (geographer), Peplos.
- Ancient Athenian religious titles
- Ancient Greek priestesses
- Athena
Acolyte
An acolyte is an assistant or follower assisting the celebrant in a religious service or procession.
Acropolis of Athens
The Acropolis of Athens (Akrópoli Athinón) is an ancient citadel located on a rocky outcrop above the city of Athens, Greece, and contains the remains of several ancient buildings of great architectural and historical significance, the most famous being the Parthenon.
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Arrhephoria
Arrhephoria was a feast among the Athenians, instituted in honor of Athena.
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Athena
Athena or Athene, often given the epithet Pallas, is an ancient Greek goddess associated with wisdom, warfare, and handicraft who was later syncretized with the Roman goddess Minerva.
Harpocration
Valerius Harpocration (Οὐαλέριος or Βαλέριος Ἁρποκρατίων, gen. Ἁρποκρατίωνος) was a Greek grammarian of Alexandria, probably working in the 2nd century AD.
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Panathenaic Games
The Panathenaic Games (Παναθήναια) were held every four years in Athens in Ancient Greece from 566 BC to the 3rd century AD.
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Pausanias (geographer)
Pausanias (Παυσανίας) was a Greek traveler and geographer of the second century AD.
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Peplos
A peplos (ὁ πέπλος) is a body-length garment established as typical attire for women in ancient Greece by, during the late Archaic and Classical period. Arrephoros and peplos are Athena.
See also
Ancient Athenian religious titles
- Arrephoros
- Basilinna
- Daduchos
- Gerarai
- Hierophant
- High Priestess of Athena Polias
- Priestess of Demeter and Kore
Ancient Greek priestesses
- Antonia Tryphaena
- Arrephoros
- Basilinna
- Berenice (daughter of Ptolemy II of Telmessos)
- Chrysame of Thessaly
- Chrysis (priestess)
- Cumaean Sibyl
- Diotima of Mantinea
- Eritha
- Erythraean Sibyl
- Gerarai
- Golden Bough (mythology)
- Hellespontine Sibyl
- Hiereiai
- High Priestess of Athena Polias
- Kanephoros
- Laodice IV
- Ninos (priestess)
- Nysa (daughter of Nicomedes III of Bithynia)
- Peleiades
- Priestess of Demeter and Kore
- Priestess of Hera at Argos
- Pythia
- Themistoclea
- Xenoclea
Athena
- A Thousand Ships
- Ajax (play)
- Al-Lat
- Anat Athena bilingual
- Apheleia
- Arrephoros
- Athena
- Athena (Marvel Comics)
- Athena, Phevos and Proteas
- Athenaeum Club, London
- Batrachomyomachia
- Cap of invisibility
- God of War (2005 video game)
- God of War III
- High Priestess of Athena Polias
- Himation
- Liver: A Fictional Organ with a Surface Anatomy of Four Lobes
- Metis (mythology)
- Minerva
- Peplos
- Pyrrhus of Athens
- Rhesus (play)
- Tönet, ihr Pauken! Erschallet, Trompeten! BWV 214
- The Goddess Girls
- The Just City
- The Mark of Athena
- The Story of Perseus and the Gorgon's Head
- The Trojan Women
- The Vision of the Twelve Goddesses
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrephoros
Also known as Arrephoroi, Arrhephoros.