. 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 . 20 ANCIENT GREEK FEMALE rig-8. other at the front of the figure, andpin or clasp them through the foldededges together at the shoulder. Thepin should be passed through the clothsome distance from the outside edge,so as to let the angle pieces go intofolds. The superfluous parts will h
. 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 . 20 ANCIENT GREEK FEMALE rig-8. other at the front of the figure, andpin or clasp them through the foldededges together at the shoulder. Thepin should be passed through the clothsome distance from the outside edge,so as to let the angle pieces go intofolds. The superfluous parts will hangoutside, overthe bosom inthe one case,and down theback in theother. The sidesare now quiteopen ; they may be left thus, theymay be joined together at inter-vals by studs or buttons, or oneor both sides may be stitchedtogether as far as the these modes have their repre-sentatives in Greek art [see plate9, fig. 8). The bottom edge willtrail on the ground; but when theunder part of the chiton is pulledup through the girdle {^mvlovaTp6(f)iov), enough to leave the toesvisible, the fulness thus gained isallowed to pass over and concealthe zone. The artistic and simpleeffect of the draping in the Cary-atides of the Erechtheion is pro- ^° ^ ErMhtheion.°™
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