An ancient Greek garment or a piece of ancient Greek athletic wear, possibly a belt or binding used in wrestling or athletic competition.
From ancient Greek sources; the exact meaning is debated among classical scholars as the word appears only rarely in surviving texts.
Baloskion is one of those frustratingly mysterious ancient Greek words—classical scholars can only guess at what it was from context clues, and it perfectly shows how much specific knowledge about ancient daily life is just... lost!
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