apophrades hemerai

APOPHRADES HEMERAI(ἀποφράδες ἡμέραι), unlucky or unfortunate days (dies nefasti), on which no public business, nor any important affairs of any kind, were transacted at Athens. Such were the last three days but one of every month, and the twenty-fifth day of the month Thargelion, on which the Plynteria were celebrated. (Lys. Fr. 31 ; Plat. Leg. 7. p. 800 D; Xen. Hellen. I. 4.12; Etym. M. p. 131, 13; Plut. Alc. 34; Lucian, Pseudolog. 13; Schömann, Assemblies, p. 50.)

(ἀποφράδες ἡμέραι). Unlucky or unfortunate days (dies nefasti), on which no public business, nor any important affairs of any kind, were transacted at Athens. Such were the last three days but one of every month, and the twenty-fifth day of the month Thargelion, on which the Plynteria were celebrated.