...and when the festival has arrived, they do as follows : — They put on their heads during the night what the priestess of Athena gives them to carry, neither she nor they knowing what it is. The girls descend into an enclosure within the city,1 not far from the temple of Aphrodite in...

...certain time near the goddess, but at the time of the festival they act by night as follows. They bear upon their heads what the priestess of Athena gives them to carry ; the giver does not know the nature of what she gives, nor do they who bear it understand. There is...

...goddess for some time, but when the festival arrives they do, at night, the following things. They put on their heads what the priestess of Athena gives them to carry - neither she who gives nor they who carry know what it is. There is a precinct in the city not far from [the sanctuary...

...goddess, but when the festival comes round they perform at night the following rites. They place on their heads what the priestess of Athena gives them to carry — neither she who gives nor those to whom it is given know what it is. There is a natural underground passage in...

...sacred offerings to this image. there are several secrets sacrounding the ritual:6*' Having placed on their heads what the priestess of Athena gives them to carry - neither she who gives nor they who carry have ans knowledge what it is - the maidens descend hy the natural underground...