Definition of Strigil. Meaning of Strigil. Synonyms of Strigil

- The strigil (Latin: strigilis) or stlengis (Ancient Gr****: στλεγγίς, probably a loanword from the Pre-Gr**** substrate) is a tool for the cleansing of...
- olive oil to cleanse themselves by applying it to their bodies and using a strigil to remove the excess. This was sometimes left on the floor for the slaves...
- Callipyge statue, 1st or 2nd Century B.C. An Ancient Gr**** athlete using a strigil, which is a device used for cleaning off oil and dirt Ancient Gr**** sprinters...
- for s****ing off dirt, perspiration, and oil to cleanse the body. The strigil was most commonly used by male athletes, although in other cultures such...
- scalp or the skin. Another ancient device that creates mild bruising is a strigil, used by Gr****s and Romans in the bath. Archaeologically there is no precedent...
- most likely s****e the by now grimy oil with the help of a curved metal strigil off his skin, before finally moving to the frigidarium with its small pool...
- bottle of oil, and a strigil, which is a curved stick. They would rub the oil on their skin and then s****e it off using the strigil. In this way, they...
- the discus thrown. Men would oil themselves and remove the excess with a strigil (cf. the well known Apoxyomenus of Lysippus from the Vatican Museum). Often...
- naked, rubbing their bodies with olive oil and then cleaning with the strigil. Historically, the gymnasium was used for exercise, communal bathing (Thermae)...
- small curved instrument that the Gr****s called a stlengis and the Romans a strigil. The most renowned Apoxyomenos in classical Antiquity was that of Lysippos...