Kanephoros

The Kanephoros ( (pl.  Kanephoroi), latinate plural form Canephorae, refers to "Basket Bearer(s)") was an honorary term for young, unmarried women chosen to lead a festival in Ancient Greece.

 References 

 Sources 
 Brulé, Pierre (translated by Antonia Nevill). Women of Ancient Greece. Edinburgh University Press, 2003, , 2003.
 Dillon, Matthew. Girls and Women in Classical Greek Religion. Routledge, 2003, .
 Goff, Barbara E. Citizen Bacchae: Women’s Ritual Practice in Ancient Greece. University of California Press, 2004, .
 Roccos, Linda Jones. "The Kanephoros and her Festival Mantle in Greek Art", American Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 99, No. 4, October 1995, pp. 641–666.

Category:Ancient Greece
Category:Women