and to have two girls fulfill the duty of the two who had failed Athena. In connection to the myth the arrhephoroi and the priestesses did not even know what the secret items were as to carry out a very similar burden. Modern day celebration Some modern followers of Hellenism choose to celebrate it on the 3rd of Skirophorion, but there is no historical evidence of it being on this exact day. Some who practice Arrhephoria as in the modern day view it as a time to clear room for new things and complete projects in their personal lives. Connected rituals Kallynteria and Plynteria were two rituals that were connected to Arrhephoria in the way that they were both rituals prepared for Arrhephoria. Kallynteria was where Athenians cleans the shrine of Athena and making sure the eternal flame of Athena is re-lighted. While the Plynteria involved taking the robes and jewelry from the cult statue of Athena where they would cleanse all removed from the statue and taken to the coast. They would rinse the items from the statue in salt water and then return them back to the statue after they were cleansed. See also Athenian festivals References Footnotes General references Cantarella, Eva. Pandora's Daughters: The Role & Status of Women in Greek & Roman Antiquity. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 1989. Price, Simon. Religions of the Ancient Greeks. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England. 1999. Burkert, Walter, and John Raffan. Greek Religion. Harvard University Press. 1985. John Roberts. "Arrephoria." Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World, 2007, Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World, 2007-01-01 “Arrephoria.” Hellenion. Accessed May 24, 2021. https://www.hellenion.org/festivals/arrephoria/. Robertson, Noel. "The Riddle of the Arrhephoria at Athens." Harvard Studies in Classical Philology 87 (1983): 241-88. Accessed May 24, 2021. doi:10.2307/311260. The Rise of Democracy. Ancient Greek Civilization: Archaic Athens. YouTube. YouTube, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q64KKm-q_ik. Astronomy and Ancient Greek Cult: New Perspectives to Greek Religious Architecture and Cult Practice. YouTube. YouTube, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwF02hfMoRk. Boutsikas, Efrosyni, and Robert Hannah. 2012. “AITIA, ASTRONOMY AND THE TIMING OF THE ARRHĒPHORIA.” The Annual of the British School at Athens 107. Cambridge University Press: 233–45. Festivals in ancient Athens May observances June observances