Charicles : or, Illustrations of the private life of the ancient Greeks : with notes and excursuses . v \ltly yvfiyi]y. k^iaapKoy yap ^irwi toi- iifxiTti-X^To KUi Tolg cqiuxrioiQ ovk i^pfiro ßuXayeioiQ. So too the artificeof Hyperides, at the conclusion of his oration in her defence;irepippt)E,ag rove x^rujyiaKovg yvfuia te to. (TTtpya 7ro(//oac, k\ r. X, Scene XI.] THE DRESS. 429 In the following engraving, taken from Tischbein, Eiigrav-ings, i. pi. 59, one of the women, who are here performing theirablutions, has on such a short thin shift, e^iofxtg, which has allthe peculiarities of a ^^trw
Charicles : or, Illustrations of the private life of the ancient Greeks : with notes and excursuses . v \ltly yvfiyi]y. k^iaapKoy yap ^irwi toi- iifxiTti-X^To KUi Tolg cqiuxrioiQ ovk i^pfiro ßuXayeioiQ. So too the artificeof Hyperides, at the conclusion of his oration in her defence;irepippt)E,ag rove x^rujyiaKovg yvfuia te to. (TTtpya 7ro(//oac, k\ r. X, Scene XI.] THE DRESS. 429 In the following engraving, taken from Tischbein, Eiigrav-ings, i. pi. 59, one of the women, who are here performing theirablutions, has on such a short thin shift, e^iofxtg, which has allthe peculiarities of a ^^trwvtor, for it reaches scarcely half downthe thigh, and is quite hiacpaPEc, (Aristopl^ ^iJ^^\h\ 48 ^ andi^iaapKov, like that of We will next speak of the materials of the several articles ofGreek dress. After the linen chiton of the men had fallen intodisuse, sheeps wool was the only material employed, the fabricbeing of coarser or finer texture, according to most celebrated wool came fiom Miletus. Aristoph. ; Strabo, xii. 7, 16 : (^ipiL Z* 6 Trtpi r/yi^ Aao^t/ceta^ tOttoqTTpo^cLTiov dptTUQ, ouK e}g fjiaXaKÜTrjTag fxövov tCjv cptwr, r) Koi twvMiAr/ff/wv ^ta0€|U£t, aXXct K«i Eig niv Küpa^tjy )^p6a>\ öee Gallus^p. 442. For winter wear the chiton was made of much stoutercloth, and shagged on one or both sides. Thus in Aristophanes,Ran. 1067, we have : xtriou oaXw^ ipiiov : and Pollux, vii. 57,mentions the y^trior Zafrvg, fiaXXiorug or ayu0//ia\Aoc. The ;^XaIra,which was probably like the ordinary himation in form, only of r.\0 THE DRESS. [Excursus I. thicker stuff, was worn in winter. See Aristopb. AveSy 714,where the appearance of the swallov/ is said to indicate 0T€ XP
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