Athenian Myths and Festivals: Aglauros, Erechtheus, Plynteria, Panathenaia, Dionysia

I. FESTIVALS AND GENE: RECONSTRUCTIONS, PROBLEMATIK, METHODOLOGIES II. CULTIC MYTHS AND OTHERS: AGLAUROS, ERICHTHONIOS, ERECHTHEUS, PRAXITHEA 1. Reading cultic myths 2. Aglauros 3. Erechtheus, Erichthonios and others 4. Reconstructing cultic myths: a summary of the conclusions III. READING A FESTIVAL NEXUS: PLYNTERIA AND KALLYNTERIA 5. Thargelion 25: Day One of the Plynteria 6. Aglauros, Aitia, Plynteria and Kallynteria 7. Thargelion 26: Day Two: the procession to Phaleron 8. Kallynteria: Thargelion 27 and 28: the return to the Acropolis and the reopening of the temple 9. Washing the new wool IV. ATHENA AT THE PALLADION AND THE PALLADION MYTHS V. ATHENA POLIAS, PANATHENAIA AND THE PEPLOS VI. CITY DIONYSIA AND THE CULT OF DIONYSOS ELEUTHEREUS VII. GENE AND ATHENIAN FESTIVALS: SOME CONCLUSIONS