Search Results: Strigil

Red figure skyphos or cup (410 BCE) depicting a nude athlete holding a strigil - used to clean the body of oil, dust and sweat after exercise. To the left is possibly a mid-race marker post. Attributed to the Amykos painter, Lucana (Southern...

Female gladiators in ancient Rome – referred to by modern-day scholars as gladiatrix – may have been uncommon but they did exist. Evidence suggests that a number of women participated in the public games of Rome even though this practice...

Olives and olive oil were not only an important component of the ancient Mediterranean diet but also one of the most successful industries in antiquity. Cultivation of the olive spread with Phoenician and Greek colonization from Asia Minor...

Plate Campana, 1st century, Rome, Horti Sallustiani, Terracotta with remains of paint. Musée du Cinquantenaire (Brussels, Belgium). Made with CapturingReality. Facade of a Corinthian style building, probably a gymnasium, with five statues...