praxiergidae

Updated: May 5, 2025

For on the day that he came into the port, the feast of the goddess Minerva, which they call the Plynteria, was kept. It is the twenty-fifth day of Thargelion, when the Praxiergidae solemnize their secret rites, taking all the ornaments from off her image, and keeping the part of the temple where it stands close covered.

Plutarch - Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans