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Headword: *do/rillos
Adler number: delta,1383
Translated headword: Dorillos, Doriallos, Dorilaos
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] the female genitals, [called this] to insult the tragic poet Dorillos.
Greek Original:
*do/rillos: to\ gunaikei=on ai)doi=on, e)f' u(/brei tragw|diopoiou= *dori/llou.
Note:
More fully at Hesychius delta2230 citing Aristophanes = fr. 367 Kock (now part of 382 K.-A.): ai( (de\) gunai=kes to\n dori/allon (sic). In fact the name is probably Dorilaos. See J. Henderson, The Maculate Muse (New Haven 1975) 148 #198, cf. 146 #185.
Keywords: biography; comedy; definition; ethics; gender and sexuality; imagery; poetry; tragedy; women
Translated by: David Whitehead on 1 December 2002@12:05:05.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth on 1 December 2002@19:00:02.
David Whitehead (augmented headword and note) on 29 June 2004@04:59:38.
David Whitehead (more keywords) on 16 July 2012@08:48:52.
David Whitehead on 22 December 2014@08:01:59.
David Whitehead (expanded note) on 13 November 2015@06:05:06.

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