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.