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

ON DEPILATION: BODY COSMETICS IN CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY 547
ÓÙ· Û˘ÓÔ˘ÛÈ¿˙ÂÈ (cf. e.g. Aristotle, Hist. Anim. V, 2, 3 âappleÈ‚·›ÓÔÓÙÔ˜
âappled Ùe ıÉÏ˘ ÙÔÜ ôÚÚÂÓÔ˜) cf. also Ranae, 57: if one had sexual
intercourse with a man (as distinct from a boy or youth) one was
thinking of Cleisthenes as the probable partner. While \AÓ·ÊχÛÙÈÔ˜
both signifies the demotic of the man in question, descended from the
deme \AÓ·ÊχÛÙÈÔ˜, and may be taken in connection with àÓ·ÊÏÄÓ,
Hesychius s.v. àÓ·ÊÏÄÓ, ¯ÂÈÚÔÙÚÈ‚ÂÖÓ Ùe ·å‰ÔÖÔÓ. Ôî ‰¤, ÛÙ‡ÂÈÓ. j
Ì·Ï¿ÙÙÂÈÓ (this is the correct punctuation); and s.v. àÓ·appleÂÊÏ·Ṳ̂-
ÓÔÓØ àÓ·ÙÂٷ̤ÓÔÓ ö¯ˆÓ Ùe ·å‰ÔÖÔÓØ àÓ·ÊÏÄÓ ÁaÚ Ï¤ÁÔ˘ÛÈÓ \AÙÙÈ-
ÎÔd Ùe àÓ·Ì·Ï¿ÛÛÂÈÓ Ùa ·å‰ÔÖ· (cf. the meaning of ÊÏÄÓ, which is
explained by the Etym. M.: Ù‡appleÙÂÈÓ j Ì·Ï¿ÙÙÂÈÓ. ηd Ùe àÓ·Ì·Ï¿Ù-
ÙÂÈÓ, àÓ·ÊÏÄÓØ \AÚÈÛÙÔÊ¿Ó˘. Same entry in Photius); which àÓ·Ì·-
Ï¿ÛÛÂÈÓ, squeezing, Suda explains s.v. àÓ·Ì·Ï¿ÙÙÂÛı·ÈØ àÓ·Ê˘ÚÄÓ.
And similarly Pollux II, 176: Ùe ‰b âappleÂÁ›ÚÂÈÓ ·éÙe (sc. Ùe ·å‰ÔÖÔÓ)
Ù·ÖÓ ¯ÂÚÔÖÓ, àÓ·ÊÏÄÓØ Î·d àÓ·ÎÓÄÓ (pro àÓ·ÎÏÄÓ) \AÚÈÛÙÔÊ¿Ó˘ âÓ
\AÌÊÈ·Ú¿ˇˆ ϤÁÂÈ. (Fr. XII Blaydes, 99 Di. = Fr. 37 PC Gr. vol. III 2 p.
50). Cf. Petronius 131, 5: admotisque manibus temptare coepit (sc.
anicula) inguinum vires. Thus àÓ·ÊÏÄÓ means exactly to cause an
erection by the hand through rubbing and squeezing, just the same as
àÓ·„·ı¿ÏÏÂÈÓ which is connected with the apple¤Ô˜ and explained thus
by Phrynichus: (p. 916 Bekker) àÓ·„·ı¿ÏÏÂÈÓ Ùe apple¤Ô˜. ≠EÚÌÈappleappleÔ˜
(Fr. 70 PC Gr. vol. V p. 596) ôÓ¢ appleÚÔı¤Ûˆ˜ ϤÁÂÈ „·ı¿ÏÏÂÈÓ àÓÙd
ÙÔÜ ÎÓÄÓ «Ûf ‰b ÙcÓ ÎÂÊ·ÏcÓ „¿ı·ÏϤ ÌÔ˘» (and we have noticed
the ambiguity of ÎÂÊ·Ï‹), àÓÙd ÙÔÜ „ËÏ¿Ê·. K·d Ï¿ÙˆÓ âÓ
KÏÂÔÊáÓÙÈ (corrected from KÏÂÈÙÔÊáÓÙÈ) â„¿ı·ÏÏÂ ÏÂÖÔ˜
üÓ (Fr. IV Meineke vol. II p. 635 = Fr. 60 PC Gr. Vol. VII p. 457).
This last fragment is particularly significant because it connects the
practice here described with the character of being ÏÂÖÔ˜, i.e. smoothskinned,
hairless. For Plato Comicus already, the two, sexual
indulgence and bodily - smoothness and hairlessness - went together
and were scoffed at together. This, then, is the sense of Eupolis àÓ·-
ÊÏ·ÛÌfi˜; Suda: àÓ·ÊÏ·ÛÌeÓ Ùa àÊÚÔ‰›ÛÈ· (too general) EûappleÔÏȘ
AéÙÔÏ‡Îˇˆ. ηd àÓ·ÊÏÄÓ öÏÂÁÔÓ Ùe Ì·Ï¿ÙÙÂÈÓ Ùe ·å‰ÔÖÔÓ. And this is
the sense required for the Aristophanian àÌappleÂÊÏ·Ṳ̂ӈ˜ (Doric for
àÓ·appleÂÊÏ·Ṳ̂ÓÔ˘˜) in Lysistrata 1099, that is having membra in
tumefaction and erection just as the Hermae, as is required by the
context. (For the erect membrum of these Hermae cf. Herodotus II
51; Eustathius ad Iliadem 1249, 8: ‰Èe ηd Ôî ÂÏ·ÛÁÔd ηÙa ÙcÓ
îÛÙÔÚ›·Ó âÓÙÂٷ̤ÓÔÓ ÙeÓ ^EÚÌÉÓ, õÙÔÈ çÚıÈ¿˙ÔÓÙ·, î‰Ú‡ÔÓÙ·È etc.;