- The
Kanephoros (‹See Tfd›Gr****: Κανηφόρος, [kanɛːpʰóros], pl.
Kanephoroi (Gr****: Κανηφόροι);
latinate plural form Canephorae; lit. "Basket Bearers") was...
- was also
propagated in Alexandria. An
annual priesthood,
known as the
Canephorus of
Arsinoe Philadelphus, was
established by 269 BC. The
holder of the...
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Alexandria behind the
priest of
Alexander the
Great and the Ptolemies, and the
canephorus of the
deified Arsinoe II. The city of
Euesperides (now the
Libyan city...
-
Arsinoe III). Her
sister Iamneia held the
priestly role of 'basket-bearer' (
canephorus) of
Arsinoe II in 243/2 BC and
athlophorus of
Berenice II in 196/5 BC...
-
procession and
appeared in
official records of the date
ahead of the
canephorus (basket-bearer) of
Arsinoe II.
Similar priestesses would be established...
- (subjective synonym)
Aponobranchus Gravier, 1905 (subjective synonym)
Canephorus Erichson, 1846 (alternate
spelling of Corephorus, a
subjective synonym)...
-
temple of Juno in Falerii; he
writes that an
unmarried girl,
called the "
canephorus" or the "basket-bearer,"
performed the
initial sacrificial rites and that...
