Kanephoros
The Kanephoros (Ancient Greek: Κανηφόρος (pl. Κανηφόροι Kanephoroi), latinate plural form Canephorae, refers to "Basket Bearer(s)")[1] was an honorary term for young, unmarried women chosen to lead a festival in Ancient Greece.
Kanephoros Media
East frieze of the Parthenon from the so-called Ergastinai (Ἐργαστῖναι "weavers") section, possibly depicting the kanephoroi handing the kanoun to the male figure on the extreme left. Louvre, MR825.
References
- ↑
"Canephorae". Encyclopædia Britannica (Eleventh). (1911). Cambridge University Press.
Sources
- Brulé, Pierre (translated by Antonia Nevill). Women of Ancient Greece. Edinburgh University Press, 2003, ISBN 0-7486-1643-8, 2003.
- Dillon, Matthew. Girls and Women in Classical Greek Religion. Routledge, 2003, ISBN 0-415-31916-1.
- Goff, Barbara E. Citizen Bacchae: Women’s Ritual Practice in Ancient Greece. University of California Press, 2004, ISBN 0-520-23998-9.
- Roccos, Linda Jones. "The Kanephoros and her Festival Mantle in Greek Art", American Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 99, No. 4, October 1995, pp. 641–666.
