A kalos inscription is a form of epigraph found on Attic vases and graffiti in antiquity, mainly during the Classical period from 550 to 450 BC. The word kalós (καλός), meaning 'handsome' or 'beautiful', was often accompanied by the name of a certain man, or sometimes simply by the word paîs (παῖς), meaning the 'boy' or 'youth', without naming a particular person. The female version was kalḗ (καλή).
A kalos inscription is a form of epigraph found on Attic vases and graffiti in antiquity, mainly during the Classical period from 550 to 450 BC. The word kalós (καλός), meaning 'handsome' or 'beautiful', was often accompanied by the name of a certain man, or sometimes simply by the word paîs (παῖς), meaning the 'boy' or 'youth', without naming a particular person. The female version was kalḗ (καλή).
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