κάλλος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=κάλλεος, Att. κάλλους, τό, ([[καλός]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[beauty]], especially of [[body]], <span class="bibl">Il.9.130</span>, <span class="bibl">20.235</span>, etc.; κάλλεΐ τε στίλβων καὶ εἵμασιν <span class="bibl">3.392</span>; κάλλεϊ καὶ Χάρισι στίλβων <span class="bibl">Od.6.237</span>; περί τ' ἀμφί τε κ. ἄητο <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Cer.</span>276</span>: in a concrete sense, as though external to the body, κάλλεϊ μέν οἱ πρῶτα προσώπατα καλὰ κάθηρεν ἀμβροσίῳ, οἵῳ Κυθέρεια Χρίεται <span class="bibl">Od.18.192</span>: freq. i<abbr title="Illegible text in print source">†</abbr> Trag. and Prose, γυναῖκε… κάλλει ἀμώμω <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>185</span>; κ. σώματος <span class="bibl">Democr.105</span>; opp. [[αἶσχος]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>201a</span>: in a general sense, τῶν ἔργων τῷ μεγέθει καὶ τῷ κάλλει Χαλεπὸν ἐξισῶσαι τοὺς ἐπαίνους <span class="bibl">Isoc.12.36</span>; Χώρη κάλλεϊ καὶ ἀρετῇ μέγα ὑπερφέρουσα <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.144</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Chrm.</span>157e</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.1.30</span>; of ships, <span class="bibl">Th.[3.17]</span>; ἀρετὴ ἂν εἴη κ. ψυχῆς <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>444d</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ τῶν μαθημάτων κάλλος</b> <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Grg.</span>475a</span>; [[ἐς κάλλος]] = [[with an eye to beauty]], so as to set off her [[beauty]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>1073</span>; <b class="b3">οὐ γὰρ ἐς κάλλος τύχας δαίμων δίδωσιν</b> so as to regard [[beauty]] or [[show]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1201</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ εἰς κάλλος βίος</b>, opp. [[αἰσχρουργία]], <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Ages.</span>9.1</span>; ἐς κάλλος ζῆν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>8.1.33</span>; but <b class="b3">ἐς κάλλος κυνηγετεῖν</b> hunt for [[pleasure]], <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>25.9</span>: in plural, <b class="b3">σωμάτων κάλλη</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ψυχῶν ἀρετή</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Criti.</span>112e</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> concrete, of persons, κ. κακῶν ὕπουλον <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1396</span>; of a bird, <span class="bibl">Clitarch.21</span> J. codd.; mostly of women, a [[beauty]], τὴν θυγατέρα, δεινόν τι κάλλος καὶ μέγεθος <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>5.2.7</span>; Γαλάτεια, κάλλος Ἐρώτων <span class="bibl">Philox.8</span> ([[nisi legendum|nisi leg.]] [[θάλος]]); Ἑλένη καὶ Λήδα καὶ ὅλως τὰ ἀρχαῖα κάλλη <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">DMort.</span>18.1</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Im.</span>2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> in plural, [[beautiful things]], as [[garment]]s and [[stuff]]s, ἐν ποικίλοις… κάλλεσιν βαίνειν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>923</span>; <b class="b3">βάπτειν τὰ κάλλη</b> <span class="bibl">Eup.333</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>110a</span>, <span class="bibl">Poll.7.63</span>, Hsch. s.v.; κυπαρίττων ὕψη καὶ κάλλη <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>625c</span>; μεγέθεσιν κάλλεσίν τε ἔργων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Criti.</span>115d</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">τὰ κάλλη τῆς ἑρμηνείας</b> [[beauties]] of [[style]], Longin.5.1 (also in sg., <b class="b3">τὸ κάλλος τῆς ἑρμηνείας</b> <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span>3</span>); <b class="b3">κάλλεα κηροῦ</b> [[beautiful works]] of [[wax]], i.e. [[honeycomb]]s, <span class="title">AP</span>9.363.15 (Mel.); κάλλη τοιαῦτα καὶ τοσαῦτα ἱερῶν <span class="bibl">D.3.25</span>; <b class="b3">κάλλη οἰκοδομημάτων</b> = [[καλὰ οἰκοδομήματα]], Plu.2.409a, cf. 935a, <span class="bibl">D.C.65.15</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> Pythag. name for [[six]], <span class="bibl">Iamb.<span class="title">in Nic.</span> p.34</span> P.</span>