Museum Peek: Strigils

The “Museum Peek” series uses real artifacts from the Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth, Greece to introduce students to general topics in ancient Greek history. Additional links lead students to online resources where they can learn more about the particular the artifacts, watch videos from the museum and archaeological site, and more.

Discover some of the artifacts from Ancient Corinth! Download the file below to learn more about Strigils.

Strigils on the Corinth Database:

https://corinth.ascsa.net/id/corinth/object/mf 1141?q=strigil&t=object&v=list&sort=&s=17

https://corinth.ascsa.net/id/corinth/object/mf 10141?q=strigil&t=object&v=list&sort=&s=2

Glass Strigil Example:

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/248959

Strigils Depicted in Painted Pottery:

https://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/collezioni/musei/museo-gregoriano-etrusco/sala-xxi--della-meridiana--ceramica-attica-ed-etrusca/kylix-attica-del-pittore-di-euaion.html

https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010281942

Apoxyomenos (athlete with strigil) Statue Type: https://museum.classics.cam.ac.uk/collections/casts/apoxyomenos

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More on Ancient Corinth:

Watch the Inside the Corinth Museum video for an introduction to the collections.
Learn more about the American School of Classical Studies at Athens here.
Search the Corinth museum’s artifact database here.