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Liddell-Scott-Jones, 'worn garment, threadbare cloak,' is, therefore, not complete.
The Spartans wore a rather short himation, made of a warm and rough material, often
doubled, which was called the tribon or tribonion.27 It was introduced into Athens
following the Persian Wars, but was worn chiefly by young men, and was looked upon
as a sign of poverty.28
6. 'AuVKXa8ta, Ta (II, 203-204). Amyclean shoes. Amyclae was a city in Laconia.
Hesychius defines 'A1LVKXa8Eg as an expensive type of Laconian shoe. For a description
of the shoes, see Erbacher, op. cit., pp. 1-2; and Hug, R.E., s.v. ScJhuh, 748.
7. a'crKE'pa (II, 148). Shaggy shoe for winter wear.29 Suidas terms it an Attic
shoe. For reference to the particular type of shoe, see Erbacher, op. cit., p. 3; and
Hug, R.E., s.v. Schuh, 748.
8. KOViTOVS (VI, 38; see below, p. 230, note 129).
This form [Kovi] wTO8Eg, suggested by the fact that the item came from the property
of a shoemaker, was offered as a restoration for line 38 of Stele VI. Tod, however,
has kindly invited my attention to the fact that the substitution of the restoration
[(oK ]7 O8ES would have the advantage that a fairly homogeneous group would then be
listed in consecutive lines. Lines 38-42 and possibly lines 35-42 (see below, s.v.
KpovvTE;uOv) would be items of furniture. This would seem a more probable restoration.
It may be mentioned that the konipous was a type of sandal which covered only
part of the foot. The earliest mention of it is in Aristophanes, Eccl., 848, where the
context shows that it was rather elegant.30 A. A. Bryant suggests that it may have
been a kind of Chinese slipper without straps.3' For references and a description, see
Erbacher, op. cit., pp. 12 and 33.
9. KpqITt&8OV (II, 205). Type of sandal. The only meaning cited for krepidion
in Liddell-Scott-Jones is ' kerb,' which is doubtless derived from the general meaning
of ' groundwork, foundation' of krepis.32 Since our word occurs after the entry for a
pair of Amyclean shoes, it must be taken as the diminutive of krepis in the meaning
of a type of sandal.33 Liddell-Scott-Jones has defined krepis as 'man's high boot,
half boot,' 3 but this meaning was corrected in the addenda (p. 2085) to 'shoe with
27
Plato, Prt., 342; Xenophon, Lac., II, 4; Demosthenes, LIV, Against Konon, 34. Cf. Plutarch,
Nicias, 19; Athenaeus, XII, 535 e.
28
Aristophanes, Eccl., 850; Isaios, V, Estate of Dikaiogenes, 11.
29 So Pollux, VII, 85.
30
Cf. the translation of Van Daele, 'fines sandales,' and see the commentary of Van Leeuwen,
ad loc.
81 H.S.C.P., X, 1899, p. 79.
32 For krepis, see Buck, Dictionary, p. 428, who derives it probably from *(s)ker- 'cut.'
33The suffix -ion, when applied to footwear, usually has the meaning ' belonging to the category
of'; see Petersen, op. cit., p. 96.
34 Also Bryant, op. cit., p. 85.