Ægean archæeology; an introduction to the archæeology of prehistoric Greece . on the Hagia Triada sarcophagus^)to the fipuKaii that one wonders whether the latter arenot really descended lineally from the old mainland Greeks or Mycenaeans of the LateMinoan period, living in a cooler climate, wore a differ-ent and warmer costume, consisting of a short-sleeved ^ Either the wasp-like waist is a national characteristic or themodern Cretans have inherited from the remote past the fashion ofinducing a small waist by tight belting, for anybody who travels aboutthe island will notice that
Ægean archæeology; an introduction to the archæeology of prehistoric Greece . on the Hagia Triada sarcophagus^)to the fipuKaii that one wonders whether the latter arenot really descended lineally from the old mainland Greeks or Mycenaeans of the LateMinoan period, living in a cooler climate, wore a differ-ent and warmer costume, consisting of a short-sleeved ^ Either the wasp-like waist is a national characteristic or themodern Cretans have inherited from the remote past the fashion ofinducing a small waist by tight belting, for anybody who travels aboutthe island will notice that phenomenally small waists constantly occuramong the men, and combined with die tall, slim figure, reproduceeverywhere the Minoan man of the frescoes. The small waists of thepaintings are then not merely due to crude drawing ; they reproduce,in a somewhat exaggerated form, an actual characteristic of the ancientand the modern Cretans. The resemblance of the modern to theancient Cretan waist has been noticed by Mr. A. Trevor-Battye{Camping in Crete, p. 7). » See p. 173. 233. 234 AEGEAN ARCHAEOLOGY chiton or jacket-shirt, girt in at the waist (Fig. 95).^Great personages, both men and women, wore also along, short-sleeved, waisted gown or overcoat reachingto the ankles.^ The men may have worn this over theshort chiton. The women seem to have worn it whenengaged in outdoor exercise or in certain ritual cere-monies.^ Probably it was always worn by charioteers,for the same reason that the modern coachman wears awarm coat, and for this purpose it survived, somewhataltered, in classical days, when we see it worn by thebronze Delphian charioteer, by a young man (who usedto be taken for a woman) on awell-known Athenian relief, and byanother charioteer on a relief frag-ment (by Skopas) in the BritishMuseum Mausoleum Room, as wellas generally by charioteers on the. ., vases. The careful cut of this gar- FlG. 94.—Clay sealing with p , ,, . , of two ment, to fit the hgure
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