. 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 . self (plates; 1, 5, 6, figs. 11,22). In the latterlease the ampechonion was natu-jrally three times as long as itiwas wide. In antique pictureswomen sometimes wear a shorterfchiton over the y^iTOiv iroSyjprji;.\A great many varieties of dresslare distinguishable in the vasejpaintings. These, as
. 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 . self (plates; 1, 5, 6, figs. 11,22). In the latterlease the ampechonion was natu-jrally three times as long as itiwas wide. In antique pictureswomen sometimes wear a shorterfchiton over the y^iTOiv iroSyjprji;.\A great many varieties of dresslare distinguishable in the vasejpaintings. These, as a rule, re-present realistic scenes and actualdresses as worn by the Greekladies; whereas the sculptures ofthe Phidian and later periods veryoften represent an ideal type inno way authorized by the earlierGreek literature. The eVSy/AaTa(endymata), or garments worn next theskin, or completing ^n indoor costume, were supplemented,by the Trepi.^Xtj/xara (periblemata), to which order cloaksand outside wraps belong. Some of these resembled theOman togas, but they were worn in Greece in a freer,nd more varied manner than was customary in |ie Ifidnov (himation) was arranged so that the onecorner was thrown over the left shoulder in front, so asto be attached to the body by means of the left Fig. 11. 24 ANCIENT GREEK FEMALE COSTUME. On the back, the dress was pulled towards the right side^,so as to cover it completely up to the right shoulder, orat least to the armpit, in which latter case the rightshoulder remained uncovered. Finally, the himation wasagain thrown over the left shoulder, so that the endsfell over the back {see plates 23 to 49). A secondway of arranging the himation which left the rightarm free was found to be picturesque, and was there-fore much used in pictures and statues. The Parthenonsculptures, representing the maidens carrying hydrai,may be considered the common type. In order to pre-serve the folds, and prevent the dress from slipping fromthe should
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