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Headword:
Ἐγκεκοισυρωμένην
Adler number: epsilon,87
Translated headword: Koisyra-ed out
Vetting Status: low
Translation: Instead of 'excessively adorned', 'aiming for Koisyra's style'. The name is an Eretrian one. These men [sc. the Eretrians] are criticized for their luxury. She was wedded to Peisistratos after he had tried to establish a tyranny. [
Aristophanes] is speaking of the excessiveness of her beautifications, for she had used, as it seems, many cosmetics, that is cleansers, and braids for her head and the other things with which women are accustomed to adorn themselves.
'Koisyra-ed out' [is] therefore like 'acting luxuriously'; from Koisyra, a wealthy woman, the spouse of Alkmaion.
Greek Original:Ἐγκεκοισυρωμένην: ἀντὶ τοῦ περιττῶς κεκοσμημένην, τὰ Κοισύρας φρονοῦσαν. ἔστι δὲ Ἐρετριακὸν τὸ ὄνομα. οὗτοι δὲ εἰς τρυφὴν διαβάλλονται. αὕτη δὲ ἐγαμήθη Πεισιστράτῳ ἐπιχειρήσαντι τυραννεῖν. λέγει δὲ τὴν περιεργίαν τῆς κομμωτικῆς: πολλοῖς γάρ, οἷα εἰκός, ἐκέχρητο καλλωπίσμασιν, τουτέστι νίμμασι, καὶ τοῖς τῆς κεφαλῆς πλέγμασι καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις, οἷς κοσμεῖσθαι γυναῖκας ἔθος. Ἐγκεκοισυρωμένη οὖν οἷον τρυφῶσα: ἀπὸ Κοισύρας γυναικὸς πλουσίας, Ἀλκμαίωνος γαμετῆς.
Notes:
The headword -- perfect participle of a notional verb
ἐγκοισυρόομαι , here in the accusative feminine singular -- occurs in
Aristophanes,
Clouds 48 (web address 1), and the main body of the entry draws on the
scholia there.
For
Eretria see generally
epsilon 2940. For 'Koisyra' herself, mentioned again in line 800 of the play, see
kappa 2568. The historicity of an actual individual of this name is a notorious problem; its complexities are lucidly unravelled by J.K. Davies,
Athenian Propertied Families 600-300 BC (Oxford 1971) 380-381.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: clothing; comedy; daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; gender and sexuality; geography; history; medicine; women
Translated by: William Hutton on 12 June 2005@06:42:07.
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