ι250Ἰθύφαλλοι
Ithyphalloi, erect-phallusers
[Meaning] the overseers of Dionysos and followers of the phallus, wearing women’s dress. The penis when erect is called a phallus, and poems that are sung with accompanying dances at the upright phallus are called…
Ἰθύφαλλοι· οἱ ἔφοροι Διονύσου καὶ ἀκολουθοῦντες τῷ φαλλῷ, γυναικείαν στολὴν ἔχοντες. λέγεται δὲ φαλλὸς ὁτὲ μὲν τὸ ἐντεταμένον αἰδοῖον, καὶ ποιήματα δὲ καλεῖσθαι, ἃ ἐπὶ τῷ ἱσταμένῳ…
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