. 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 . a hoop being brought in with swords fixed all around it,their points upwards, and placed in the middle of the hall, the dancing-girl immediately leaped head foremost into it through the midst ofthe points, and then out again with a wonderful agility. I see the dancing-girl entering at the other
. 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 . a hoop being brought in with swords fixed all around it,their points upwards, and placed in the middle of the hall, the dancing-girl immediately leaped head foremost into it through the midst ofthe points, and then out again with a wonderful agility. I see the dancing-girl entering at the other end of the hall, andshe has brought her cymbals along with her. 80 ANCIENT GREEK FEMALE COSTUME. At the same time the other girl took her flute; the oneplayed and the other danced to admiration; the dancing-girl throwing up and catching again her cymbals, so asto answer exactly the cadency of the music^ and that witha surprising dexterity. The costume of female acrobats is indicated in fig. 33,in which the lower limbs of the figure are shown en-veloped in thin drawers. Other vase paintings show thatfemale acrobatic costume sometimes consisted solely ofa decorated band swathed round the abdomen and upperpart of the thighs, thus resembling in appearance themiddle band adopted by modern
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