Amphidromia
'two-way', [ta ampʰidrǒmia]), in ancient Greece, was a ceremonial feast celebrated on the fifth or seventh day after the birth of a child.Wealthier families held a naming ceremony for their children on the tenth day called dekate.According to Suidas, the festival was held on the fifth day, when the women who had lent their assistance at the birth washed their hands, but this purification preceded the real solemnity.The friends and relations of the parents were invited to the festival of the amphidromia, which was held in the evening, and they generally appeared with presents, among which are mentioned the cuttlefish and the marine polyp.The child was then carried round the fire by the nurse, and thus, as it were, presented to the gods of the house and to the family, and at the same time received its name, to which the guests were witnesses.