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Headword: *fallofo/roi
Adler number: phi,58
Translated headword: phallophoroi, phallus-wearers
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] erect-phallus-men, improvisors. Kinds of musicians. And some used to wear a wreath of ivy, but the Ithyphalloi had masks of drunkards and flowered sleeves, and a chiton down to their ankles. But the Phallophoroi used to cover their faces with a papyrus skin, wearing wreaths of ivy and violets.
Greek Original:
*fallofo/roi: i)qu/falloi, au)toka/bdaloi. i)de/ai mousikw=n. kai\ oi( me\n kittou= ste/fanon e)fo/roun, oi( de\ *)iqu/falloi proswpei=a mequo/ntwn ei)=xon kai\ xeiri=das a)nqina/s, kai\ xitw=na me/xri tw=n sfurw=n. oi( de\ *fallofo/roi e)k bu/blou de/rmatos e)/skepon ta\s o)/yeis, kittw=| kai\ i)/ois stefanou/menoi.
Notes:
From Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 14.622B (14.16 Kaibel).
cf. iota 250, iota 251, sigma 327
Keywords: botany; clothing; definition; ethics; food; gender and sexuality; historiography; stagecraft
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 9 August 2011@20:02:01.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (augmented note; more keywords; cosmetics) on 10 August 2011@03:53:15.
David Whitehead (more keywords) on 4 December 2013@05:24:42.
Catharine Roth (another keyword) on 8 January 2023@17:41:37.
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