the attic stelai - The American School of Classical Studies at Athens

THE ATTIC STELAI 229
distinguished in the fifth century for its elegance and richness and for the character of
its design which suggests Asiatic origin. She concludes that Rayet's hypothesis is
plausible but not indisputable. Richter, however, who does not refer to a Milesian
type, regards the rectangular legs as " a purely Greek creation " and fails to note
any Asiatic influence.122 She notes many representations on Athenian vases.
One Milesian kline is designated as a fxKE'OaXog. A word of very similar spelling,
afOLKVE'OaXXog, occurs in Pollux, X, 36. If correct, it would mean 'with pillows at
both ends.' This is a hapax, however, and it would seem likely that it is an error for
our word. The forms are discussed by Wilhelm, Jahreshefte, VI, 1903, p. 237; and
by Rodenwaldt in R.E., s.v. Kline, 849. Hesychius, the Et. Mag., and Photius define
am phikephalos, which in medieval writers means 'two-headed,' as a bed which has
an anaklintron or anaklisis at either end. Miss Ransom regards her figures 11 and 12
and plate I as illustrations of this type of kline.
2. KXW8t&ov (III, 7). Diminutive of KX&ATv. The first four letters of this word in
III, 7, are wholly preserved; the fifth only partially so. The base of a vertical stroke
may be seen in the photograph in Hesperia XXII, plate 74, with no horizontal stroke
extending from it. Since the word could not be read as kline, the restorationKXW [8ov]
was suggested in Part I. In the line above only three letters are preserved, and the
restoration kli[nidion] was also suggested there. But there is a difference in price of
2 drachmas and to explain this difference the writer would now prefer the restoration
KXV[E] in the upper line, with the required diminutive form for the lower price.
The word is regarded by W. Petersen as having the same meaning as the
primitive kline and klinis,'23 and Ransom groups it with possible colloquial words for
'bed.' The word is not listed in J. Friedrich's Leipzig dissertation, Deminutivbildungen
mit nicht deminutiver Bedeutung, and its occurrence in our list would speak for
some distinction from kline, which would reasonably seem to be one of size."'
Price. The price of the klinidion in III, 7, is given as 6 drachmas 1 obol.
3. KXWVp (II, 150). Type of couch or reclining chair. In Daremberg-Saglio,
Dictionnaire, s.v. Cathedra, Saglio identifies klinter with klismos and defines it as a
seat with rounded and inclined back in which one could half-recline. He gives no
ancient references to support this definition. Later (s.v. Scamnum, p. 111 Ib) the
same writer defines the klinter as a seat less elevated than a thronos. Lecrivain (s.v.
Matrimonium) defines the word as a bed on which the bride reclined at the nuptial
feast. In the R.E., Hug regards the klinter as a variety of klisia arranged for
122 Op. cit., p. 58.
123 Op. cit., pp. 222, 226.
124
Suidas glosses the form as a diminutive, and Pollux (VI, 9) lists it separately from kline
and klinis.