pupa
- A girl, damsel, lass, Mart. 4, 20, 2; Aus. Idyll. 7, 2, 2; Inscr. Orell. 2449.—
- II Transf., a doll, puppet, Varr. ap. Non. 156, 20; Pers. 2, 70; Hier. Ep. 128, 1; Lact. 2, 4, 12 sq.
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PUPA(κόρη, νύμφη), a doll. Greek and Roman children commonly had dolls, made often of terra-cotta, but also of other substances,--wood, ivory, wax, &c. Wax dolls were by no means uncommon, and for these the Greeks had special names, δάγυνον or δαγὺς and πλαγγών (Phot. s. v. πλαγγών: Schol. ad Theocr. 2.110). They were frequently made with movable limbs, as in the example given by Baumeister (Denkm. p. 778) from the Crimea. The Greek girls before their marriage dedicated their dolls to Artemis (Anth. Pal. 6.280); at Rome girls dedicated their dolls to the Lares, as boys did their bullae, or to Venus (Pers. 2.70): but if they died as children, the dolls were buried with them; many have been found in tombs. Those whose limbs were moved by strings were called νευρόσπαστα, and figures so constructed were exhibited as regular marionettes on a stage, or for entertainment in private houses. (Xen. Symp. 4.5. 5; Athen. 1. p. 19; cf. Hor. Sat. 2.7, 82.) [Becq de Fouquières, Jeux des Anciens, p. 27 ff.; Becker-Göll, Charikles, 1.282; Gallus, 2.34; Blümner, Technologie, 2.123.]
[G.E.M](κόρη). Literally, “a little girl”; and applied to a doll. Dolls were made by the Romans of rags, wood, wax, ivory, and terra-cotta. A wax-doll was called by the Greeks δάγυνον, δαγύς, and πλαγγών, and they often had movable limbs (Baumeister, Denkm. p. 778). At marriage the Greek girls dedicated their dolls to Artemis, the Roman girls to Venus (Anth. Pal. vi. 280; Pers.ii. 70); but if they died before marriage their dolls were buried with them. Dolls with movable limbs were called νευρόπαστα, and were worked by strings or wires. Marionettes were exhibited as in Italy to-day (Becq de Fouquières, Les Jeux des Anciens, pp. 27 foll.; Blümner, Technologie, ii. 123).