A-dictionary-of-greek-and-roman-antiquities-william-smith

092 PERSONA. PERSONA.
•Kwywv, or pointed beard, was likewise bald-headed, ypavs, or the fat old woman with large wrinkles
had extended eye-brows, and was looking ill-tem and a band round her head keeping the hair to
pered. 9. The X.vKOfi4)$tios had a thick beard, gether ; and the ypattitov oUovpov, or the domestic
was conspicuous on account of his Ion? chin, and old woman. Her cheeks were hollow, and she had
the form of his eyebrows expressed great curiosity. only two teeth on each side of her mouth.
The annexed comic
5. Comic masks for young women. Pollux men
mask, representing an old
tions fourteen, viz.— l.Thc yvvi) \(ktik^ or the
man, is taken from the
talkative woman ; her hair was smoothly combed
Museo Morton, vol. i.
down, the eyebrows rather raised, and the com
tab. a.
plexion white. 2. The yvt^j ot/\rj was only dis
2. Comic masks for
tinguished for her fine head of hair. 3. The K&py\
young men. Pollux enu
had her hair combed smoothly, had high and black
merates ten masks of this
kind. 1. The wdyxpVO"ros
formed the transition from
the old to the young men ;
he had but few wrinkles on his forehead, showed
a muscular constitution (yv^KoffTi/crfy), was rather
red in the face, the upper part of his head was
bald, his hair was red, and his eyebrows raised.
2. The vtavlaKot fit\as was younger than the pre
ceding one, and with low eyebrows. He repre
sented a young man of good education and fond of
gymnastic exercises. 8. The vtayiffKos o3Aot, or
the thick-haired young man, was young and hand
some, and of a blooming countenance, his eyebrows
were extended, and there was only one wrinkle
upon his forehead. 4. The vtavicKos kwa\6s, his
hair was like that of the trdyxpyoTos, t>u* he was
the youngest of all, and represented a tender youth
brought up in seclusion from the world. 5. The
iypoiKos or rustic young man, had a dark com
plexion, broad lips, a pug-nose, and a crown of hair
round his head. 6. The ivia*io"ros o-TpaTt&Tns
or the formidable soldier, with black hair hanging
over his forehead. 7. The iniatiaros Hturepos
was the same as the preceding, only younger and
of a fair complexion. 8. The tcoKa£ or the flatterer,
and 9. The irapdairo* or parasite were dark (com
pare Athen. vi. p. 237), and had aquiline noses. .
Both were apparently of a sympathising nature ;
the parasite, however, had broken cars, was merrylooking,
and had a wicked expression about his
eyebrows. 10. The *Ikovik6s represented a stranger
in splendid attire, his heard was shaved and his
cheeks pierced through. The