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| has gloss | eng: The Kalos inscription was a form of epigraph found on Attic vases and graffiti in antiquity, common between 550 and 450 BCE, and usually found on symposion vessels. The word καλός means "beautiful"; here it had an erotic connotation, and the inscription took the form of a youth's name, in the nominative singular, followed by "kalos" ("X kalos", i.e. "X is beautiful"). The individuals mentioned were almost always teenage boys, though occasionally girls and women were spoken of as καλή (kalē). Kroll reports that ceramic descriptions of individuals labeled as beautiful include thirty of women and girls, kalē, and five hundred and twenty eight of boys, kalos. Kalos names are also found as graffiti on walls, the most abundant example being the find on Thassos of 60 kalos inscriptions carved on rock dating from the 4th century. The non-epigraphic literary evidence consists of two references in Aristophanes, line 144 in the Archarnians and lines 97-99 in the Wasps. In both of these instances, it is the demos that is lauded rather than any individual, and strongly suggest the public performance role of the kalos tag. |
| lexicalization | eng: kalos inscription |
| instance of | c/Greek inscriptions |
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| German | |
| has gloss | deu: Lieblingsinschriften sind vor allem auf bemalten griechischen Vasen vorzufinden und preisen eine Person, meist einen jungen Mann, als "schön" (kalós). |
| lexicalization | deu: Lieblingsinschrift |
| French | |
| has gloss | fra: En histoire de lart, on appelle « inscription kalos » (du grec , « beau ») une inscription en lhonneur dun jeune homme ou plus rarement dune jeune fille, que l'on trouve exclusivement sur les vases attiques, le plus souvent à figures rouges. |
| lexicalization | fra: Inscription kalos |
| Serbo-Croatian | |
| has gloss | hbs: Natpis kalos (καλός) je forma epigrafa koja se nalazi na antičkim vazama obično iz perioda između 550. i 450. godine pre nove ere. Reč καλός znači lep, a ovde ima erotsku konotaciju. Natpis je obično imao formu: vlastito ime + kalos. Osoba koja je pomenuta najčešće je bila dečak, ali postoje i slike sa devojčicama i ženama kada pridev ima oblik kale (καλή). Klasični filolog Wilhelm Kroll objavljuje da je nađeno oko 30 grnčarskih predmeta sa natpisom kale i devojkama na slikama i 528 sa dečacima . Natpis kalos nađen je i kao grafit na zidovima. |
| lexicalization | hbs: kalos |
| Ukrainian | |
| has gloss | ukr: Напис любимця (Напис Калос) — форма епіграфіки, поширена у вазопису давньогрецької кераміки в період між 550 і 450 роками до н. е. Здебільшого зустрічається на сімпосійних вазах. |
| lexicalization | ukr: Напис любимця |
| Media | |
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| media:img | Discobolus Kleomelos Louvre G111.jpg |
| media:img | Eos Memnon Louvre G115.jpg |
| media:img | Janiform aryballos Louvre CA987.jpg |
| media:img | Komast Skythes Louvre F129.jpg |
| media:img | Sacrifice boar Louvre G112.jpg |
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