Editing Iris (mythology) (section)

=== Cult ===
[[File:Weber-Laborde head Louvre Ma740.jpg|thumb|left|Weber-Laborde head Louvre, possibly the head of Iris.]]
[[File:West pediment N Parthenon BM.jpg|thumb|right|Iris, sculpture from the [[Pediments of the Parthenon#West Pediment|west pediment]] of the Parthenon, now at the [[British Museum]].<ref>British museum [https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1816-0610-96] Marble statue from the West pediment of the Parthenon.</ref>]]

Unlike the other prominent messenger god of the Greeks, Hermes, Iris did not play a large part in the ancient Greek religion and was rarely worshipped. There are no known temples, shrines, or sanctuaries to Iris, or festivals held in her honour. While she is frequently depicted on vases and in bas-reliefs, few statues are known to have been made of Iris during antiquity. She was however depicted in sculpture on the [[Pediments of the Parthenon#West Pediment|west pediment]] of [[Parthenon]] in [[Athens]].

Iris does appear to have been the object of at least some minor worship, but the only trace preserved of her cult is the note by [[Athenaeus]] in ''[[Deipnosophistae|Scholars at Dinner]]'' that the people of Delos sacrificed to Iris, offering her cheesecakes called ''basyniae'', a type of cake of wheat-flour, suet, and honey, boiled up together.<ref>[[Athenaeus]], ''[[Deipnosophistae|Scholars at Dinner]]'' [http://www.attalus.org/old/athenaeus14c.html#645 14.53]; comp. Müller, Aegin. p. 170.</ref>