Myrrhine has to ritually bathe to purify herself before she can re-enter the sacred precincts of the Acropolis. [7] The herald is looking for the Spartan Council of Elders, then realizes he needs the ...Myrrhine has to ritually bathe to purify herself before she can re-enter the sacred precincts of the Acropolis. [7] The herald is looking for the Spartan Council of Elders, then realizes he needs the Athenian equivalent, the Prytany Council (fifty men selected from the Council of Five Hundred who served for 1/10 of the calendar year). The message sent out was written on a strip of fabric wound around the home staff and would have been indecipherable unless wound around its matching staff.
