. 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 . Fiff. U. 28 ANCIENT GREEK FEMALE COSTUME. covering or protection to the upper half of the species of bib seems to have been composed of asquare piece of stuff, in form like our shawls or scarfs,folded double, so as to be apparently reduced to halfits original width ; and was worn wi
. 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 . Fiff. U. 28 ANCIENT GREEK FEMALE COSTUME. covering or protection to the upper half of the species of bib seems to have been composed of asquare piece of stuff, in form like our shawls or scarfs,folded double, so as to be apparently reduced to halfits original width ; and was worn with the doubled partupwards, and the edge or border downwards next thezone or girdle. It was suspended round the chest andback in such a way that its centre came under the leftarm, and its two ends hung down loose under the rightarm; and according as the piece was square or oblong,these ends either only reached to the hips or descendedto the ankles. The whole was secured by means of twoclasps or buttons, which fastenedtogether the fore and hind partover each shoulder. In later times this bib,^ froma square piece of stuff doubled,seems to have become a meresingle narrow slip, only hangingdown a very short way over thebreasts, and allowing the girdle,even when fixed as high as pos-sible, to appear
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