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Headword:
*kausi/a
Adler number: kappa,1139
Translated headword: kausia, cap
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] a kind of barbarian covering for the head.
"A kausia, the hitherto adaptable gear for Macedonians, both a shelter in snow and a helmet in war".[1]
Greek Original:*kausi/a: ei)=dos pi/lou barbarikou= e)pi\ th=s kefalh=s. *kausi/h, h( to\ pa/roiqen *makhdo/sin eu)/kolon o(/plon kai\ ske/pas e)n nifetw=| kai\ ko/rus e)n pole/mw|.
Notes:
A large and varied body of evidence testifies to the Macedonian origin of the kausia. A series of studies (1981-91) by B.M. Kingsley argued for its being a borrowing, by Alexander the Great, from India; but orthodoxy is fully and convincingly re-stated by E.A. Fredricksmeyer, "The kausia: Macedonian or Indian?", in I. Worthington (ed.),
Ventures into Greek History (Oxford 1994) 135-158.
[1]
Greek Anthology 6.335.1-2 (Antipater); cf.
sigma 558. On this epigram, in which a kausia is presented to Piso, see Gow and Page vol. I (36-37) and vol. II (52-53). The epigram does not identify the hat's donor, but L. Calpurnius Piso (48 BCE - 32 CE, consul 15 BCE, "the pontifex") was the patron of Antipater of Thessalonica; cf. OCD(4) s.v. Calpurnius Piso (2), Lucius, and Gow and Page vol. II (52).
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge, 1968)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge, 1968)
Keywords: clothing; definition; geography; history; military affairs; poetry; politics
Translated by: David Whitehead on 18 July 2001@04:35:12.
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