Σκίρα
From LSJ
ἐκ Χάεος δ' Ἔρεβός τε μέλαινά τε Νὺξ ἐγένοντο... (Hesiod's Theogony 123) → From Chasm, Erebos and black Night came to be...
English (LSJ)
[ῐ], τά,
A festival of Athena celebrated by Athenian women on the 12th of Σκιροφοριών, Ar.Th.834, Ec.18,59, Pherecr.231, Philoch. 204, Men.Inc.p.99 Koerte, IG22.1177.10, 1358 ii 30,51, Polyaen.3.10.4; τῇ δωδεκάτῃ τῶν Σ. on the twelfth of Σκιροφοριών, IG22.2773.13; prob. = Σκιροφόρια (q.v.); confused with Ὠσχοφόρια by Aristodem. ap.Ath.11.495f.
German (Pape)
[Seite 899] τά, ein Fest der Athene in Athen, Ar. Thesm. 834 Eccl. 18, 59. gew. σκιροφόρια. S. σκίρον.
