[The] Skira (sic) [is] a festival amongst Athenians, which gives rise to the [name of] the month Skirophorion.[1] Those who have written about the months and festivals at Athens say that the skiron is a parasol, under which people are carried from [the] acropolis to a certain place called Skiron;[2] those who make the journey are the priestess of Athena and the priests of Poseidon and of Helios.[3] Those who convey it are Eteoboutadai. This becomes a token of the need to build and make shelters, this time being the best for building work; and Athenians honor Athena Skiras, whom Philochorus in [book] 2 of the Atthis [says] was named after Skiros, a certain Eleusinian seer -- though Praxion in [book] 2 of his Megarian History [says that she was named] after Skiron.[4]