What's with all the ankles?
But someone saw him — Cadmus' daughter with lovely ankles,
Ino, a mortal woman once with human voice (5.366-67)
and later:
...the man himself delights
in the grand feasts of the deathless gods on high,
wed to Hebe, famed for her lithe, alluring ankles (11.691-93)
"Man, don't look at her face — but you should see those ankles."
I think Homer was an ankle man. He also seemed to pay attention to braids and rosy fingers.
Fiona
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Were the Greeks so accustomed and desensitized to the more intimate bits that they reverted to fixating on what was more oft exposed?
I scoff!! But maybe because I'm sensitive about my own ankles. ;P
καλλίσφυρος is just one of those words that fits the meter. When you're describing a woman whose name is two syllables long and you need to finish the line, it's a good one to pick.
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