Note 193 — Chapter III · HARVEST FESTIVALS. The Thargelia, Kallynteria, Plynteria.
Reading edition
The sources for the Eiresione are very fully given and discussed by Mannhardt, Wald- und Feldkulte, pp. 214-248; see Dr Frazer, Golden Bough, 2nd edition, vol. I. p. 190, for modern parallels.