Trygodiphesis

Trygodiphesis ( Greek  τρυγοδίφησις , from τρύξ, wine yeast , and διφάω, to search ) is an ancient game of skill .

In Trygodiphesis, the players had to take a small object out of a bowl full of wine yeast with their mouths . Their hands were tied behind their backs. The yeast-smeared faces made the entertainment value.

The Greek - Egyptian writer Iulius Pollux , who lived in Athens towards the end of the 2nd century AD, reports on the game .

A modern variant is the flour cutting .

Ancient sources

• Iulius Pollux : Onomastikon 9, 122, 124 (digitized version)

literature

• K. Schneider: Τρυγοδίφησις. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VII A, 1, Stuttgart 1893ff., Col. 712 f. ( online via Wikisource )
• τρυγοδίφησις in the Greek-English Lexicon (Liddell-Scott-Jones).
• Lorenz Grasberger: Education and instruction in classical antiquity. Volume 1. Würzburg 1864, pp. 140-141 ( at Google Books ).