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Philocles
(895 words)
(Φιλοκλῆς;
Philoklês). [German version] [1] Athenian demagogue Athenian demagogue, elected to the office of
stratēgós in 406…
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Strigilis
(292 words)
(Greek στλεγγίς/
stlengís, ξύστρα/
xýstra). [German version] [1] Implement for sports and cosmetics Ancient implement for sports and cosmetics, primarily of bronze or iron, for scraping off oil, sweat and dirt after practising sport and after visiting a steam bath (
laconica or
sudatoria) in the
balnea or thermae. It was part of a grooming set, which for the Greeks also included a sponge and a small bottle of oil (Alabastron, Lekythos [1]), and for the Romans an
ampulla (small bottle of oil) and a
patera (hand-dish for pouring water on the body or for holding oil). A
strigilis consisted of …
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Radius
(212 words)
(literally 'rod'). [German version] [1] Weaving device (κερκίς/
kerkís). In weaving (Textiles, production of), the device with which the weft thread was introduced to the opened 'compartment', and hence by which the threads of the chain were separated, was probably originally an elongated rod around which the weft thread was wound. Later, the weaving shuttle, which adopted the name, was used for this. The coil located in the shuttle was called πηνίον/
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Kline
(379 words)
[German version] (κλίνη;
klínē, bed). The
kline was used for sleeping, and in Greece from the 7th/6th cents. BC (later in Rome) also for dining. The
kline was the most important object of luxurious interior decoration; it had its place in private houses as well as in all rooms in which peop…
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Niconidas
(47 words)
[German version] (Νικονίδας;
Nikonídas) from Thessaly. Whilst in the service of Mithridates [6?] VI. Eupator he was the engineer who built the ‘admirable’ war machines for the siege of Cyzicus in 73 BC (Plut. Lucullus 10,3; cf. App. Mithr. 73-75). Poliorcetics Groß, Walter Hatto (Hamburg)
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Pluteus
(223 words)
(also
pluteum). The root meaning of 'enclosure, screen or shelter made of boards or latticework' extends to several objects: [German version] [1] Breastwork As a military t.t, a special breastwork or screen used by the
testudo (Vitr. De arch. 10,15,1; cf. Siegecraft). Groß, Walter Hatto (Hamburg) [German version] [2] Wooden fence A wooden fence (Liv. 10,38,5) or even a small wooden temple (Anth. Lat. 139, 158). Groß, Walter Hatto (Hamburg) [German version] [3]…
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Zeno
(6,572 words)
(Ζήνων/
Zḗnōn.) [German version] [1] Z. of Elea Eleatic philosopher, 5th cent. BC (Son of Teleutago…
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