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distaff The hospitality offered to Telemachos is exemplary, and Helen is the perfect hostess, ‘looking like Artemis of the golden distaff’ – not, for example, like sexy Aphrodite.

Accepted Answer

n. A spindle onto which wool is wound for spinning. The Complete World of Greek Mythology, Buxton, p.153Image: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3610136

Word	distaff
Definition	n. A spindle onto which wool is wound for spinning.
Sentence	The hospitality offered to Telemachos is exemplary, and Helen is the perfect hostess, ‘looking like Artemis of the golden distaff’ – not, for example, like sexy Aphrodite.
Source	The Complete World of Greek Mythology, Buxton, p.153 Image: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3610136

Distaff N Spindle Wool Wound Spinning Hospitality Offered