Βαλανειομφάλους
acorn-bossed
Translated by Jennifer Benedict27 Mar 2003Vetting: high9 revisions
Translation
The comic writers call cups [this].1
A bath-house [balaneion] was [so-]called because when eating acorns [balanoi] they used to burn the shells.2 They say that the people reduce the air in the bath, drawing it into themselves.
Also [sc. attested is] balaneitês ["bath-man"], [meaning] he who by most people is called attendant.3
"The bath-house is a road to softness."4
In the beginning, when there were no bath-houses, the ancients would wash in the tubs and troughs.5
A bath-house [balaneion] was [so-]called because when eating acorns [balanoi] they used to burn the shells.2 They say that the people reduce the air in the bath, drawing it into themselves.
Also [sc. attested is] balaneitês ["bath-man"], [meaning] he who by most people is called attendant.3
"The bath-house is a road to softness."4
In the beginning, when there were no bath-houses, the ancients would wash in the tubs and troughs.5