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- An Arrephoros (Ancient Gr****: Ἀρρήφορος) was a girl acolyte in the cult of Athena Polias on the Athenian Acropolis. They were seven to eleven years old...
- the crossing of the Rubicon was a quote in Gr**** from Menander's play Arrhephoros, with the different meaning "Let the die be cast!". See discussion at...
- duties that an unmarried Athenian girl might undertake; first as an arrhephoros, later an aletris, then as an arktos (ἄρκτος). The p****age continues...
- previously pla**** the bear for Artemis." As soon as I was 7 I was an arrhephoros (sacred basket carrier). Then at 10 I was an aletris (miller of corn)...
- ****ual power (Aphrodite and Eros), and birth (Erichthonios). The word "arrhephoros" etymologically probably means "dew carrier", which at first sight does...