ὠσχο-φόρια,τά, one day of the Athen. festivalΣκίρα,on which two chosen young men, sons of citizens, in women's dress,
A. carrying vine-shoots loaded with grapes(v.ὠσχός), went in procession from the temple of Dionysus to that ofἈθηνᾶ Σκιράς,
Philoch. 44 , Plu. Thes. 22 , Alciphr. 1.4 , 3.1 .
II. sg.ὠσχο-φόριον,τό, the sanctuary of AthenaΣκιράςin Phalerum, Hsch.,AB 318 , etc.