Xenophon, Oeconomicus 10.11: appropriate forms of female exercise

Title

Xenophon, Oeconomicus 10.11: appropriate forms of female exercise

Date

ca. 428–354 BCE

Type

treatise on economics

Source Type

Literary source

Translation

I also said it was excellent exercise to mix flour and knead dough; and to shake and fold cloaks and bedclothes; such exercise would give her a better appetite, improve her health, and add natural colour to her cheeks.

Translation used

Edgar C. Marchant/O.J. Todd, Xenophon in Seven Volumes, vol. 4, Memorabilia, Oeconomicus, Symposium, Apology (= Loeb Classical Library; 168), Cambridge, MA/London 1923.

Text

ἀγαθὸν δὲ ἔφην εἶναι γυμνάσιον καὶ τὸ δεῦσαι καὶ μάξαι καὶ ἱμάτια καὶ στρώματα ἀνασεῖσαι καὶ συνθεῖναι. γυμναζομένην δὲ ἔφην οὕτως ἂν καὶ ἐσθίειν ἥδιον καὶ ὑγιαίνειν μᾶλλον καὶ εὐχροωτέραν φαίνεσθαι τῇ ἀληθείᾳ.

Edition used

Edgar C. Marchant/O.J. Todd (eds.), Xenophon in Seven Volumes, vol. 4, Memorabilia, Oeconomicus, Symposium, Apology (= Loeb Classical Library; 168), Cambridge, MA/London 1923.

Collection

Citation

Xenophon, “Xenophon, Oeconomicus 10.11: appropriate forms of female exercise,” Cynisca: Documenting Women and Girls in Ancient Greek Sports, accessed December 22, 2024, https://fdz.bib.uni-mannheim.de/cynisca/items/show/85.

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