Manual of Mythology. Greek And Roman, Norse And Old German, Hindoo And Egyptian Mythology
Manual of Mythology. Greek And Roman, Norse And Old German, Hindoo And Egyptian Mythology
Alexander Stuart Murray
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But perhaps the chief attraction of the festival was the procession in which a new robe or peplus, woven and em- broidered for the goddess by a select number of women and girls in Athens, was carried through the town spread like a sail on a mast, placed on a wagon in the form of a ship. It appears as if the whole population of Attica took part in this procession, the youth of the nobility on horseback or in chariots, the soldiery in arms, and the burgesses with their PALLAS ATHENE, OR MINERVA. ...II7 wives and daughters in holiday attire. The new robe was destined for the very ancient statue of Athene which was preserved in the Erechtheum. This custom of placing actual drapery on statues appears to have been handed down from remote times, when the art of sculpture was unequal to the task of imitating the human figure, and it is not improbable that the statue of Athene, of which we are speaking, dated from that early time. The magistrates of Athens offered sacrifices to her at the commencement of spring.
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