They likewise made use of the instrument called strigil, which was a kind of flesh-brush; a custom to which Persius alludes in this line. From Wordnik.com. [Travels through France and Italy] Reference
"Could a strigil have caused these wounds, Falco?". From Wordnik.com. [A Body In The Bath House]
"You will have to sponge, oil and strigil yourself, " he said. From Wordnik.com. [Renegades Of Gor]
These are rubbed well into the skin and then removed with the strigil. From Wordnik.com. [Renegades Of Gor]
I was exhausted, yet I still rejected Pa's offer to scrape a strigil down my back. From Wordnik.com. [A Body In The Bath House]
There are various forms of strigil, and some of them (pg. 59) are ornately decorated. From Wordnik.com. [Renegades Of Gor]
An athlete, scraping his body with a strigil, was the most famous of the bronze statues of. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
Still, if any one were to define a strigil as an instrument for dipping water, he has made. From Wordnik.com. [Topics] Reference
An abandoned bone strigil caught my eye, but I thought I had seen the same one there before. From Wordnik.com. [A Body In The Bath House]
I found my oil flask and strigil, selected clean clothes and went out to explore the King's baths. From Wordnik.com. [A Body In The Bath House]
I also saw more of Marc Antony than I needed to see, but I do like that they were using the strigil. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-09-01] Reference
With the strigil one scrapes away the residue of oil, and, with it, dirt and sweat, cleaning the pores. From Wordnik.com. [Renegades Of Gor]
We searched the cart, then I was so demoralised I really could not face strigil ling down next to Pomponius. From Wordnik.com. [A Body In The Bath House]
Also, the bath girl, and the sponge, oil and strigil, in most establishments, come with the price of the bath itself. From Wordnik.com. [Renegades Of Gor]
Towels and strigils were employed for rubbing and scraping after the anointing; the strigil was, as a rule, made of iron. From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine] Reference
Galen generally followed the teaching of Hippocrates on gymnastics, and wrote a whole book on the merits of using the strigil. From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine] Reference
Rubbing with towels followed the use of the strigil, and the bather finally lounged in the tepidarium for a varying period before entering the outer air. From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine] Reference
They had a particular type of scraper (strigil) that they used to then collect all the olive oil and sweat and so on that had accumulated on their skin surface. From Wordnik.com. [Olives and People, Past and Present] Reference
The more luxurious parts of the Aventine boasted large detached mansions with their own private bathhouses, but in our slum we had a long walk with our strigil and oil-flask. From Wordnik.com. [Two For The Lions]
After a course of sweating the bather had the sweat removed from his body by the strigil, in much the same way as a horse is scraped with a bent piece of hoop-iron by a groom. From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine] Reference
Greek boxers, softened by idealism, but admirable for strength and symmetry; and the Apoxyomenos, a man scraping himself with a strigil, as was the custom in the baths (Fig. 12). From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield] Reference
An interesting controversy upon this subject was created about eight years ago by the finding in the bed of the Rhone of a jade strigil, an instrument curved and hollowed like a spoon used to scrape the skin while bathing. From Wordnik.com. [Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood] Reference
The basic equipment of an athlete consisted only of an unguent jar (aryballos) of oil and a scraping instrument (strigil) for anointing and cleaning himself, though for various events a competitor might need boxing thongs, jumping weights, discus, or javelin. From Wordnik.com. [The Ancient Olympics (1996)] Reference
It represents a youth scraping himself (as the name denotes) with the strigil after a contest in the arena (Fig. 50). From Wordnik.com. [A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture] Reference
In one the athlete is represented handing his strigil to his slave, in the other the athlete stands alone, strigil in hand. From Wordnik.com. [Miscellanies] Reference
Now, boy, strigil and mat, towels and soap; transport me them bathwards, and see to the bath-penny; you will find it a-ground by the chest. From Wordnik.com. [Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02] Reference
Lit. “scrape myself clean” (with the stleggis or strigil. From Wordnik.com. [Oeconomicus] Reference
And Archimedes’s servants were forced to hale him away from his draughts, to be anointed in the bath; but he notwithstanding drew the lines upon his belly with his strigil. From Wordnik.com. [Essays and Miscellanies] Reference
A strigil and an oil flask, which you had made yourself; you said also that you had made the shoes which you had on your feet, and the cloak and the short tunic; but what appeared to us all most extraordinary and. From Wordnik.com. [Lesser Hippias] Reference
I had a vague scrape with my strigil. From Wordnik.com. [A Body In The Bath House]
A strigil can also be used to dip up water. From Wordnik.com. [Topics] Reference
Bread and paga-. 2 C.T. Other food" ... 3 " 5 C.T. Lodging-10 C.T. Blanket (s) -2 C.T. Bath-. 1 C.T. Bath girl" ... 2 C.T. Sponge, oil and strigil-. .1 C.T. Girl for the night-. .5 C.T. T. From Wordnik.com. [Renegades Of Gor]
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