- The
Kanephoros (‹See Tfd›Gr****: Κανηφόρος, [kanɛːpʰóros], pl.
Kanephoroi (Gr****: Κανηφόροι);
latinate plural form Canephorae; lit. "Basket Bearers") was...
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chief of the
lesser officials such as the plyntrides,
arrephoroi and
kanephoroi.
Athena Polias ("Athena of the City") was one of the
three divine patrons...
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carried by
phallophoroi (φαλλοφόροι). Also parti****ting in the
pompe were
kanephoroi (κανηφόροι –
young girls carrying baskets),
obeliaphoroi (ὀβελιαφόροι...
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called kanephoroi,
could lead the
procession as they were
required to
carry the
sacred implements and
provisions at the sacrifices. The
kanephoroi was also...
- ("arrephoros for the Epidauria").
Based on this
event and
other references to "
kanephoroi" (women
carrying sacred baskets), the
scholar Leéhat
concluded that during...
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chief of the
lesser officials, such as the plyntrides,
arrephoroi and
kanephoroi. The
colossal statue of
Athena by
Phidias was not
specifically related...
- 31-2, are the diphrophoroi,
metic girls who
carried the
stools for the
kanephoroi, but Neils, 2001, p.168
dismisses this
argument since they
evidently play...
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might be
either the
arrephoroi (as "bearers of
unmentionable things") or
kanephoroi. The six
korai of the
porch all
exhibit subtle variations,
implying that...
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subordinate to the role of the Athenians. In the procession,
young noble girls (
kanephoroi)
carried sacred baskets. The
girls were
required to be virgins; to prevent...
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celebrated a rite
intended to
forgive an
offense against Artemis. The
kanephoroi were the
girls who
carried the
baskets with all of the
offerings to the...
