The strigil is a tool for cleansing the body by cleaning up dirt, sweat, and oil applied before bathing in Ancient and Roman Greek culture. In this culture strigil is mainly used by men, especially male athletes; However, in Etruscan culture there is strigil evidence used by both sexes. The standard design is a curved knife with a handle, all of which are made of metal.
Strigil is usually used by individuals who engage in strong activity, where they collect lots of dirt and sweat on their bodies. People who use strigil include athletes, rich people, soldiers, and more. However, rich or prestigious people often have slaves to use stria and cleanse their bodies, rather than doing it themselves.
Strigil is not only significant in practical sense, but also in culture. They are often found in graves or graves, in some cases along with a bottle of oil.
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Timeline
Strigil was not used in the early days of Greek history. This is supported by Homer's poems, which state that oil is applied after bathing and not thrown away. Furthermore, strigil is not mentioned in the literature until the end of the 5th century B.C.E. At the beginning of the sixth century, strigil representations can be found in vases. In the fourth century, strigil is depicted in other types of artwork, such as skyphoi and sculpture.
Cultural depictions
As stated above, strigil is represented throughout Greek, Roman, and Etruscan cultures in various ways. Strigil is often depicted along with olive oil and an athlete. Apoxyomenos Croatia is a statue featuring strigil usage by an athlete. Strigil is also represented in some sarcophagi, such as a marble strigil sarcophagus from a Greek physician, who has an elaborate S-shaped curve to symbolize strigil.
One source offers an alternative stigma portrayal, "the secondary meaning for the word stlengis, strigil, is a circle or tiara." To support the claim that strigil may have been seen as a tiara or wreath, there is a 5th century cemetery that has a stigma on the forehead of a corpse.
Funeral and cemetery
Strigil is very important beyond the means of cleaning; they are also public offerings given to the deceased during the funeral. For example, three graves from Greece in the third century B.C.E., which contain adult males, all have iron stigil.
In the 3rd century excavations of B.C.E. grave, which contains an Etruscan woman, there is a silver strigil inscribed along with a mirror. Strigil is usually found in the Etruscans women's grave, and it appears to be an essential part of women's toiletries. The silver strigil written from the Etruscan tomb has two inscriptions on the handle: One is uthina, an inscription found on many objects in the tomb. While the other, a more significant inscription is the monogram, R: M, which reads as Ra: Mu. The monogram is speculated to be the start of the Etruscan woman's name.
Composition and design
As can be seen clearly from the strigil found in the tombs previously discussed, strigil may differ in the type of metal used, design, etc., depending on the individual's status, time period, and other relevant factors. The typical metals used for strigil are bronze and iron. Some other strigilian variations are as follows: Hippias, an ancient Greek sophist who created his own strigil, made it in a unique way by allowing sweat to flow through small channels. The literature of Plutarch states that the Spartans use reeds occasionally rather than the typical metal strigil.
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See also
- Gymnasium (ancient Greece)
- Roman baths
- Oil cleansing method
- Sha cave
References
External links
- Media related to Strigils on Wikimedia Commons
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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