κ2460Κροκωτός
krokotos, saffron-colored robe
A Dionysiac outer-garment. Aristophanes [writes]: "but I am unable to hold back from laughing, when I see a lionskin worn over a krokotos." For [Dionysus] was wearing both a krokotos and a lionskin, like Herakles. For…
Κροκωτός· ἱμάτιον Διονυσιακόν. Ἀριστοφάνης· ἀλλ' οὐχ οἷός τ' εἴμ' ἀποσοβεῖν τὸν γέλων, ὁρῶν λεοντῆν ἐπὶ κροκωτῷ κειμένην. ἐφόρει γὰρ καὶ κροκωτὸν καὶ λεοντῆν, ὡς Ἡρακλῆς. τοῦτο…