The comedies, histories, tragedies, and poems of William Shakspere . or strophum) which con-fined the tunic just beneath the bust. Athe-nian women of high rank wore hair-pins (oneornamented with a cicada or grasshopper, isengraved in Hopes Costume of the Ancients,Plate 138), ribands or fiUest, TVTeaths of flowers,&c. The hair of both sexes was worn in long,formal ringlets, either of a flat and zigzagged orof a round and corkscrew shape. The lower orders of Greeks were clad in ashort tunic of coarse materials; over whichslaves wore a sort of leathern jacket, calleddiphthera; slaves were also di
The comedies, histories, tragedies, and poems of William Shakspere . or strophum) which con-fined the tunic just beneath the bust. Athe-nian women of high rank wore hair-pins (oneornamented with a cicada or grasshopper, isengraved in Hopes Costume of the Ancients,Plate 138), ribands or fiUest, TVTeaths of flowers,&c. The hair of both sexes was worn in long,formal ringlets, either of a flat and zigzagged orof a round and corkscrew shape. The lower orders of Greeks were clad in ashort tunic of coarse materials; over whichslaves wore a sort of leathern jacket, calleddiphthera; slaves were also distinguished fromfree men by their hair being closely shorn. The Amazons are generally represented onthe Etruscan vases in short embroidered tunicswith sleeves to the wrist (the peculiar distinc-tion of Asiatic or barbaric nations), pantaloons,ornamented with stars and flowers to correspondwith the tunic, the chlamys, or short militarycloak, and the Phrygian cap or bonnet. Hip-polyta is seen so attired on horseback contend-ing with Theseus. Vide Hopes
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