School dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities . DIPIOIDIA, liOnSLE CHITCNS. s 5 394 TUNICA. Since the Dlploidion was fastened overthe shoulders by means of buckles or clasps,it was called Epomis (e-rwyutj), which is sup-posed by some writers to have been onlythe end of the garment fastened on theshoulder. The chiton was worn by men next theirskin ; but females were accustomed to weara chemise (xitwviov) under their chiton. It was the practice among most of theGreeks to wear an himation, or outergarment, over the chiton, but frequentlythe chiton was worn alone. A person whowore only a chiton

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School dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities . DIPIOIDIA, liOnSLE CHITCNS. s 5 394 TUNICA. Since the Dlploidion was fastened overthe shoulders by means of buckles or clasps,it was called Epomis (e-rwyutj), which is sup-posed by some writers to have been onlythe end of the garment fastened on theshoulder. The chiton was worn by men next theirskin ; but females were accustomed to weara chemise (xitwviov) under their chiton. It was the practice among most of theGreeks to wear an himation, or outergarment, over the chiton, but frequentlythe chiton was worn alone. A person whowore only a chiton was called ^ovoxit(>}V(^oloxt-Tuu in Homer), an epithet given tothe Spartan virgins. In the same way, aperson who wore only an himation, orouter garment, was called dxiTwi/. TheAthenian youths, in the earlier times, woreonly the chiton, and when it became thefashion, in the Peloponnesian war, to wearan outer garment over it, it was regardedas a mark of effeminacy. 2. Roman. The 2M??./ca of the Romans,like the Greek chiton, was a woollenunder

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