. Ancient Greek female costume : illustrated by one hundred and twelve plates and numerous smaller illustrations ; with descriptive letterpress and descriptive passages from the works of Homer, Hesiod, Herodotus, Aeschylus, Euripides, Aristophanes, Theocritus, Xenophon, Lucian, and other Greek authors . rig-8. other at the front of the figure, andpin or clasp them through the foldededges together at the shoulder. Thepin should be passed through the clothsome distance from the outside edge,so as to let the angle pieces go intofolds. The superfluous parts will hangoutside, overthe bosom inthe on
. Ancient Greek female costume : illustrated by one hundred and twelve plates and numerous smaller illustrations ; with descriptive letterpress and descriptive passages from the works of Homer, Hesiod, Herodotus, Aeschylus, Euripides, Aristophanes, Theocritus, Xenophon, Lucian, and other Greek authors . rig-8. other at the front of the figure, andpin or clasp them through the foldededges together at the shoulder. Thepin should be passed through the clothsome distance from the outside edge,so as to let the angle pieces go intofolds. The superfluous parts will hangoutside, overthe bosom inthe one case,and down theback in theother. The sidesare now quiteopen ; they may be left thus, theymay be joined together at inter-vals by studs or buttons, or oneor both sides may be stitchedtogether as far as the these modes have their repre-sentatives in Greek art [see plate9, fig. 8). The bottom edge willtrail on the ground; but when theunder part of the chiton is pulledup through the girdle {^mvlovaTp6(f)iov), enough to leave the toesvisible, the fulness thus gained isallowed to pass over and concealthe zone. The artistic and simpleeffect of the draping in the Cary-atides of the Erechtheion is pro- ^° ^ ErMhtheion.°™. SOCKATES AND THE LADY. 21 daced by a single garment arranged as described. ThekoXtto? (kolpos) was tbe name applied to the picturesquefolds wliich were formed by the hanging corners of theloose edge of the chiton. These could be varied con-siderably by merely shifting the position of the pin orbutton that held them at the shoulder, or by putting on aseries of buttons. Perhaps the names SiTrXoi?, ScirXa^,or BcirXoiBiov (diplois, diplax, or diploidion), whichsignify a garment doubled, may have been given at onetime to the folded or hanging part of the chiton, but itwas afterwards applied to the himation or cloak whenworn double folded {see plates 39 and 63). In the age of Pericles no sleeves seem to be attachedto the chiton; and in the Banquet of Xeno
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