. 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 . apartments,did not meet the guests at an entertainment given inthe house, and were not permitted to go beyond theouter door, in another district more than modern Englishfreedom was allowed them. In one place women who had no husbands, whethervirgins or widows, were strictly looked after—espe-ci
. 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 . apartments,did not meet the guests at an entertainment given inthe house, and were not permitted to go beyond theouter door, in another district more than modern Englishfreedom was allowed them. In one place women who had no husbands, whethervirgins or widows, were strictly looked after—espe-cially the virgins, as being less experienced—and theywere rarely permitted to appear in public or conversewith men; and when allowed that liberty, wore over theirfaces a veil, which was termed KaXvirrpov or KoXimrpa, andwhich was not left off in public till the third day aftermarriao-e. SPARTAN FEMALE COSTUME. 11 But in Laconia the Lacedaemonianor Spartan women observed fashionsquite different from all their neigh-bours; their virgins went abroadbare-faced, the married women werecovered with veils ; the former de-signing (as Charilaus replied to onethat inquired the reason of thatcustom) to get themselves husbands,whereas the latter aimed at nothino^more than keeping those they al-readv
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