Plynteria

[5][6] The festival's name came from plynein (πλύνειν), a Greek verb meaning "to wash".[10] Her statue was stripped of its garments and ornaments so that they might be ritually cleaned, and was in the meanwhile covered over to conceal it from the sight of man.[1][3][12] The city was therefore, so to speak, on this day without its protecting divinity, and any undertaking commenced on it was believed to be necessarily unsuccessful.A procession was also held on the day of the Plynteria, in which a quantity of dried figs, called hegetoria (ἡγητορία), was carried around.[13][14][15] The Plynteria is thought to have originated in Ionia, where some communities had a month named Plynterion.
Plynteria (moth)ancient GreeceAthensThargelionAthena PoliasAglaurosAcropolisPlutarchdies nefastiAthenian festivalsOxford Classical DictionaryOxford University PressPhotiusAlcibiadesHerodotusHesychius of AlexandriaDictionary of Greek and Roman AntiquitiesLittle, Brown and CompanyEdward DodwellXenophonHellenicapublic domainSmith, William