A dictionary of Greek and Roman . gh a degree the scarf contributed, by itsendless diversity of arrangement, to the display ofthe human form in its greatest beauty ; and Ovidhas told us how sensible the ephebi were of itsadvantages in the account of the care bestowedupon this part of his attire by Mercury. {Met. ) The aptitude of the scarf to be turned inevery possible form around the body, made it use-ful even for defence. The hunter used to wraphis chlamys about his left arm when pursuing wildanimals, and preparing to fight with them. (Pol-ux v. 18 ; Xen. Cyneg. vi. 17.)
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . gh a degree the scarf contributed, by itsendless diversity of arrangement, to the display ofthe human form in its greatest beauty ; and Ovidhas told us how sensible the ephebi were of itsadvantages in the account of the care bestowedupon this part of his attire by Mercury. {Met. ) The aptitude of the scarf to be turned inevery possible form around the body, made it use-ful even for defence. The hunter used to wraphis chlamys about his left arm when pursuing wildanimals, and preparing to fight with them. (Pol-ux v. 18 ; Xen. Cyneg. vi. 17.) Alcibiades diedfighting with his scarf rolled round his left handinstead of a shield. The annexed woodcut exhibitsa figure of Neptune armed with the trident in hisright hand, and having a chlamys to protect theleft. It is taken from a medal which was struckin commemoration of a naval victory obtained byDemetrius Poliorcetes, and was evidently designedto express his sense of Neptunes succour in theconflict. When Diana goes to the chase, as she. does not require her scarf for purposes of defence,she draws it from behind over her shoulders, andtwists it round her waist, so that the belt of herquiver passes across it, as shown in the statues ofthis goddess in the Vatican (see woodcut). It appears from the bas-reliefs on marble vasesthat dancers took hold of one another by thechlamys, as the modern Greeks still do by theirscarfs or handkerchiefs, instead of taking one an-others hands. Among the Romans the scarf came more intouse under the emperors. Caligula wore one en-riched with gold. (Suet. Calig. 19.) AlexanderSeverus, when he was in the country or on anexpedition, wore a scarf dyed with the coccus CHOREGUS. (clilamyde coccinea, Lamprid. Al. Sev. 40; compareMatt, xxvii. 28, 31). [J. Y.] CHLOEIA or CHLOIA (x^oeta or x^°ia), afestival celebrated at Athens in honour of DemeterChloe, or simply Chloe, whose temple stood nearthe Acropolis. (Hesych. s. v. x^oid ; Athen. 618 ;
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