Kallipygos (Καλλίπυγος)
Having beautiful buttocks
Exhibit A
Exhibit B
Source
Also a fantastic .gif of this scene by the lovely Circusgifs on tumblr
Exhibit C
Questions?
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Armitage classical word of the day…
No questions. I remember learning the English variant of that word for the SAT — but it’s never come in so useful as it has since knowing Armitage! (Three beautiful examples!!).
Grueling selection process!
He works hard on those glutes…credit where credit is due 😀
I will never learn that word…can’t seem to stay focused! I think I might do better if you gave a few more examples 😍 (Although these are excellent)
LOL…today’s assignment is for the class to undertake individual research to uncover further Kallipygian examples… 😉
I must be a slow learner. Could I see some more so I get it straight in my head? (says she with her eyes glued to the examples above – especially the gif) 😉 *swoon*
Seems to be a common complaint with this lesson! 😀
Speech eludes me. The Greeks have a word for *that*? As I always say – those ancient civilisations really were juicy… 😉
LOL… I suppose it’s something akin to the modern “bootylicious” The most frequent usage seems to be in reference to Aphrodite, and especially one sculpture in particular (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_Callipyge#/media/File:Venus_kallipygos03.jpg)
Really, Professor, you disappoint me. As an academic you understand the importance of evidence; I really am not in a position to be persuaded by only three sources. More corroborative evidence *is* required by way of visual sources. Get cracking, then!
Duly noted! 😀
Kallipygistos 🙂
Kallipygotatos? 😉
Haha! Great 🙂
Oh, my. *Fans self* Thank you for such enlightenment. We should learn these types of words every day. Maybe have a refresher course, and a few pop quizzes?
Excellent suggestions…we like to be thorough here in the Classical Tradition wing of the Institute of Armitage Studies!
I think I need hands on study to fully understand the term.
*That* might be somewhat more difficult to arrange 😜
Oh and I hate being a bad student 😇
Oh, but just imagine those enrollment numbers!
Lol we’d be top of all scientific institutions by numbers and all the studying would not be able to reveal the unique secret of that perfection I fear 😅
definitely a profitable section!! (as I sit here crunching numbers course enrollments for summer…)
Oh dear, this was priceless❗️ Now all I am thinking is 🍑 yes, I want peaches for desert😈
Nope, no questions! Totally clear! 🙂