Strigil
[2] Strigils were commonly used by individuals who were engaging in vigorous activities, in which they accumulated large amounts of dirt and sweat on their bodies.[6] In Book 23 of the Iliad, during the funeral games for Patroclus, Homer describes the athletes using strigils to clean themselves after physical contests.However, since the Iliad was composed much later, it reflects the practices and cultural elements of Homer's own time (the 8th century BC), not necessarily the exact customs of the Bronze Age Greeks.[5] For instance, three graves from Greece in the third century BC, which contained adult males, all had iron strigils.[10] In the excavation of another third century BC tomb, which contained an Etruscan woman, there was an inscribed silver strigil along with a mirror.
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