[Meaning] of daring.
Aristophanes [writes]: "these [women] will leave nothing of their obstinate handiwork behind." ["Obstinate"] meaning constant; [derived] from exceedingly [
li/an] to be present [
parei=nai].[1]
The best and most accurate handicraftsmen[2] were Pheidias, Lysippus, Polycleitus. [They were] sculptors.[3]
Cheirourgias: tolmês. Aristophanês: ouden elleipsousin hautai liparas cheirourgias. anti tou prosechous: para to lian pareinai. Cheirourgoi egenonto aristoi kai akribeis Pheidias, Lusippos, Polukleitos. agalmatopoioi.
The headword -- here in the genitive case, extracted from the quotation given -- usually means "handiwork", "craft", "skill" in the literal sense; but, as in this passage and its gloss, it also has figurative applications.
[1]
Aristophanes,
Lysistrata 673 (which has
liparaou=s for the Suda's
lipara=s: see web address 1 below), with glosses (the etymological one fanciful and incorrect) from the
scholia there; cf.
lambda 578.
[2] Or: the best handicraftsmen [the word to which the entry now turns] in the strict sense of that term.
[3] See
alpha 135 and its web addresses for more on these artists.
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