APPENDIX C΄ ON DEPILATION: BODY COSMETICS IN CLASSICAL ...

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ΛÚÔÓÙ˜ Ùa appleÚfi‚·Ù·, to which Suda as well agrees: Ó·ÎÔÙ›ÏÙ·ÈØ Ôî
ÙáÓ appleÚÔ‚¿ÙˆÓ ÎÔ˘ÚÂÖ˜. Eustathius (p. 1771.47 sqq.) gives both
meanings. In conclusion we see that both uses were authorized by the
poets and prosewriters, but that the grammarians and philologists
were, as usual, in dispute as to which is the correct use. Pausanias IV,
11, 3 expresses I think the true state of affairs: ıÒڷη ÁaÚ j àÛapple›‰·
Âr¯ÂÓ ≤ηÛÙÔ˜, ¬ÛÔÈ ‰b äapplefiÚÔ˘Ó ÙÔ‡ÙˆÓ, appleÂÚÈ‚¤‚ÏËÓÙÔ ·åÁáÓ
ӿη˜ ηd appleÚÔ‚¿ÙˆÓ, Ôî ‰b ηd ıËÚ›ˆÓ ‰¤ÚÌ·Ù· etc. The ‰¤ÚÌ· of
sheep and goat was called Ó¿ÎË or Ó¿ÎÔ˜. To return to Hesychius’
explanation of ηوӿÎË, we note that the scholia to Ecclesiazousai,
724 and Suda s.v., are in agreement: îÌ¿ÙÈfiÓ âÛÙÈÓ âÎ ÙáÓ Î¿Ùˆ
ÌÂÚáÓ Ó¿ÎÔ˜, ÙÔ˘Ù¤ÛÙÈ ‰ÈÊı¤Ú·Ó, appleÂÚÈÂÚÚ·Ì̤ÓÔÓ. This dress was
considered appropriate for slaves, near-slaves, or the slavish in origin or
behaviour. Thus the sch. to Eccles. 724 have: âÓÙ·Üı· ‰b ‰Ô˘ÏÈÎe˜ ηd
àÓÂχıÂÚÔ˜ ¯ÈÙÒÓ; and Aristophanes in Lysistrata 1150-1 describes
the Athenians under the Peisistratidean tyranny to have worn ηو-
ӿη˜, i.e. be as slaves and wearing the characteristic dress of slaves
(the former would be enough for the requirements of the
Aristophanean passage just mentioned; but Hesychius and Suda s.v.
ηوӿÎË and the scholiast to Lysistrata 618 expressly mention that
the tyrants did enforce the wearing of that dress by the Athenians); cf.
also Athenaeus VI, 217d.
Now Brunck’s construal of the Aristophanian passage in Ecclesiaz.
(i.e. having plucked out the pubic hair for the sake of a slave, for him
to enjoy it) is unnatural and improbable; it would further necessitate
taking the characteristic cloth of a group of men for that group.
K·ÙˆÓ¿ÎËÓ on the other hand is accepted by all major critics; and it
is connected generally to the various kinds of tonsure. (For ÎÔ˘Ú·d
ÎÂÊ·Ïɘ v. Acharnenses 849 and Aves 806 with the scholia; also
Thesmophoriazousai 838 with sch.; especially Pollux II 29-31; IX, 13;
Herodotus IV, 175; Thucydides II, 62; Hesychius s.vv. ÎÉappleÔ˜, ÌÈ÷Ä
Ì·¯·›Ú÷·, and ÛοÊÈÔÓ; Harpocration and Photius s.v. ÛοÊÈÔÓ;
Lucianus Lexiphanes, 5; Nicostratus apud Athenaeus, II, 47e;
Eustathius 907.40 sqq.). Cf. Eupolis Fr. 313 PCGr. vol. V p. 479:
qÏı˜ / â͢ÚË̤ÓÔ˜ Û·‚‡ÙÙÔ˘˜, where the Glossae of pap. Ox. 1803
explain: Û¿‚˘ÙÙÔ˜Ø ÎÔ˘ÚĘ Âr‰fi˜ ÙÈ, whereas Hesychius hesitates
whether it was a kind of hair dressing or shaving; s.v. Û¿‚˘ÙÙÔ˜Ø Âr‰Ô˜
͢ڋÛ(ˆ˜) Âå˜ Î·ÏψappleÈÛÌfiÓ. applefiÙÂÚÔÓ ‰b ÙÔÜ appleÒÁˆÓÔ˜ j Ùɘ