Note 208 — Chapter II · TABOOED DAYS AFTER A DEATH AND ON RELATED OCCASIONS
Reading edition
E. Rhode, Psyche,⁶ Tübingen, 1910, p. 235; P. Stengel, Die griechischen Sakralaltertümer, Munich, 1890, p. 156 (with references to the classical authorities). The fifth day of every Athenian month was regarded as unpropitious, and hence was not dedicated to any divinity. A superstitious avoidance of the “fifths” of the month can be traced back to Hesiod (Opera et dies, 802 sqq.).