Hesiod was an Ancient Greek poet generally thought to have been active between 750 and 650 BC, around the same time as Homer.

“πυγοστόλος” literally means “decorating the buttocks,” and it might be inferred that Hesiod’s temptress wears an alluringly tight chiton, or is in the habit of tying her girdle to accent her hips. A more likely reading of πυγοστόλος, however, is simply “seductive” in the general sense. Greek women of the Archaic period, to the best of our knowledge, were not in the habit of actually decorating their derrières.