398 AppENDIx
Miscellaneous Household Tools and Utensils
Related occupations: trough-maker (holmopoios); pestle-maker (doidykopoios); book-
seller (bibliopôlês).
Kneading- trough (kardopos: A r. f r. 313, Nub. 669, 670, 672, 674, 675, 678, 679, 680, Ran.
12 36 , E u p. f r. 21, f r. 218 ; maktra: Ar. fr. 431, Ran. 115 9 , Pl. 545; stone maktra: Hermipp.
f r. 56 ; magis: Cratin. fr. 23); trough-stand (holmion: Ar. fr. 65); tray (skaphê: Ar. fr. 49,
f r. 4 31, Eq. 1315, Eccl. 742); tray for barley cakes (mazonomeion: Pl.Com. fr. 177);
flat board for proofing bread (sanis: Eup. fr. 209); meal-tub (sipyê: A r. f r. 555, Eq.
1296, Pl. 806); wine-strainer (trygoipos: Ar. Pax 535, Pl. 1087); mortar (thyeia: Ar. fr.
7, Nub. 676 [thyeia stronggylê, ‘round-mortar’]; Pax 228, 230, 235, 238 [lithinon thyeidion,
‘stone mortar’: Ar. Pl. 710]; Pl.Com. fr. 46, Theopomp.Com. fr. 54; holmos: A r. f r. 65,
Vesp. 2 01, 2 38 ) ; pestle (aletribanos: Ar. Pax 259, 265, 269, 282, doidyx: A r. f r. 7, Eq. 984,
Pl. 711 ) ; lamp-wick (thryallis: Ar. Ach. 826, 874, 916, 917, 919, Ar. Nub. 59, 585, Philyll.
f r. 25 ; myxa: Metag. fr. 13, Philonid. fr. 3); brazier (eschara: A r. f r. 7, Ach. 888 , Vesp. 9 38 ,
Stratt. fr. 58; escharia, escharida: Ar. fr. 529); lantern (ipnos: Ar. Pax 841, Pl. 815 ) ; torch
(lampas: Ar. Thesm. 280, 655, 917, Stratt. fr. 38); pine-torch (das: Ar. Nub. 5 4 3, 614 ,
1490, 1494, Pax 1317, Vesp. 137 0 , 1331, 137 7, Pl. 425, 1041, 1194, Eccl. 692, 978, 1150);
spool (pênion: Eup. fr. 242); needle (rhaphis: Archipp. fr. 40; belonê: Eup. fr. 277); book
(biblion: Ar. fr. 506, Pl.Com. fr. 122, byblion: Ar. Av. 980, 989 [book of oracles], 1036,
Pl.Com. fr. 189 [cookery book]; biblidarion: Ar. fr. 795); papyrus (byblos: Hermipp. fr.
63; papyrus sheet or roll: chartês: Pl.Com. fr. 218); writing tablet (grammateion: Ar.
fr. 163 [with wax surface]; pinax: Ar. Thesm. 778); wax mixture for writing tablets
(maltha: Ar. fr. 163); stylus (smilê: Ar. Thesm. 779); bathing tub (loutrion: Ar. fr. 319);
bung for an amphora (bysma: Ar. fr. 310); drinking horn (keras: Hermipp. fr. 44);
mouse-trap (myagra: Ar. fr. 55); toy cart (hamaxis: Ar. Nub. 864); mask for drama
(skeuopoiêma: Ar. Eq. 2 32 ; brikelos: Cratin. fr. 218; prosôpon: Pl.Com. fr. 151 [linen]; peri-
thetos: Aristomen. fr. 5).S lave s
Related occupations: slave-dealer (andrapodokapêlos); auctioneer (kêrux).
Phrygian: Hermipp. fr. 63; slaves named Manês: Ar. Lys. 9 0 8 , 1211, Pax. 114 6 , Av.
1311, Pherecr. fr. 10.1, Mnesim. fr. 4; Manodôrus: Ar. Av. 657 ; Mania: Ar. Ran. 1345,
Thesm. 728, Pherecr. fr. 130, Amips. fr. 2; Midas: Ar. Vesp. 4 33 ; Phryx: Ar. Vesp. 4 33 ;
Dardanian: Dardanis: Ar. Vesp. 1371 ; Carian: Philem. fr. 17; Kariôn: Ar. Pl. 26–7;
Paphlagonian: Ar. Eq. 2 ; Syrian: Timocl. fr. 7, Antiph. fr. 166; Syros: Hegesipp.Com.
f r. 1 ; Syriskos: Anaxippos fr. 8; Syra: Ar. Pax. 1146, Philem. fr. 117; Thracian: Thratta: Ar.
Ach. 2 7 3, Thesm. 279, Pax 1138 , Vesp. 828; Hylas: Ar. Eq. 6 7 ; Masyntias: Ar. Vesp. 4 33 ;
Scythian: Ar. Thesm. 1001–1225, Lys. 184, 445–51; Pardokas: Ar. Ran. 6 0 8 ; Ditylas: Ar.
Ran. 6 0 8 ; Skebylas: Ar. Ran. 6 0 8 ; Thracian or Scythian: Xanthias [‘blondy’]: Ar.
Ach. 2 4 3, Nub. 14 85, Vesp. 1, Av. 656 , Ran. 2 71 ; Xanthidion: Ar. Ran. 58 2 ; slaves from
Pagasae: Hermipp. fr. 63; Sicilian: Sikôn: Ar. Eccl. 867.