HYDRĬAPHŎRĬA

( ὑδριαφορία ), was the carrying of a ve el with water ( ὑδρία ), which service the married alien ( μέτοικοι ) women had to perform to the married part of the female citizens of Athens, when they walked to the temple of Athena in the great proce ion at the Pan a the nae a. HỸPORCHĒMA ( ὑπόρχημα ), a lively kind of mimic dance which accompanied the songs used in the worship of Apollo, especially among the Dorians. A chorus of singers at the festivals of Apollo usually danced around the altar, while several other persons were appointed to accompany the action of the song with an appropriate mimic performance ( ὑπορχεῖσθαι ). The hyp or chem a was thus a lyric dance, and often pa ed into the playful and comic. i