Hair | Part 4: Epithets with hair
"Tell me, who will pluck me away from my ruined country, tightening his grasp on lovely tresses [euplokamos komē] till the tears flow?" In the previous posts, we considered descriptions of male and female hair, and rituals associated with hair. In this post we consider epithets related to hair. Are they always generic, or can they have significance in particular contexts? Read more