Nevertheless, some saw an evil omen in the fact that he had returned to Athens on the very day when the ceremony of the Plynteria (the feast where the old statue of Athena would get cleansed) was being celebrated.
Con todo, algúns viron un mal presaxio no feito de que regresara a Atenas cando se estaba en plena celebración da cerimonia dos Plinterias (a festa onde a antiga estatua de Atenea se limpaba).