. 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 . THE USE OF THE GIRDLE. 27 either quite loose or confined by a girdle ; and this girdle was either drawn tight round the waist, or loosely slung round the loins. Often when the tunic was very long, and would otherwise have entangled the feet, it was drawn over the girdle in such a way as to conc
. 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 . THE USE OF THE GIRDLE. 27 either quite loose or confined by a girdle ; and this girdle was either drawn tight round the waist, or loosely slung round the loins. Often when the tunic was very long, and would otherwise have entangled the feet, it was drawn over the girdle in such a way as to conceal the latter en-tirely underneath its folds. It is not uncommon to see two girdles of different widths worn together, the one very high up, and the other very low down, so as to form be-yv^ ■ tween the LP^ fib^ two in the tunic a puck-ered inter-val; but this fashion was only applied to shorttunics by Diana, by the woodnymphs, and by other females fondof the chase, the foot-race, and suchother martial exercises as were in-compatible with long petticoats. Over this tunic or under-gar-ment, which was made to reach thewhole length of the body down tothe feet, Grecian females generally,though not always, wore a secondand more external garment, onlyFig. 15. intended to afford an additional.
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