A dictionary of Greek and Roman . both more graceful and more convenient. It wasfirst passed over the left shoulder, then drawn be-hind the back and under the right arm, leaving itbare, and then thrown again over the left this we see an example in a bas-relief engravedby DodwelL (Tour through Greece, vol. i. p. 243.)Another very common method was to fasten thepallium with a brooch [Fibula] over the rightshoulder (, Horn. II. x. 131—136 ;Stat. Theb. vii. 658, 659 ; Apul. Flor. ii. 1), leavingthe right arm at liberty, and to pass the middleof it eithe
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . both more graceful and more convenient. It wasfirst passed over the left shoulder, then drawn be-hind the back and under the right arm, leaving itbare, and then thrown again over the left this we see an example in a bas-relief engravedby DodwelL (Tour through Greece, vol. i. p. 243.)Another very common method was to fasten thepallium with a brooch [Fibula] over the rightshoulder (, Horn. II. x. 131—136 ;Stat. Theb. vii. 658, 659 ; Apul. Flor. ii. 1), leavingthe right arm at liberty, and to pass the middleof it either under the left arm so as to leave thatarm at liberty also, or over the left shoulder so asto cover the left arm. We see Phocion attired inthe last-mentioned fashion in the admired statue ofhim preserved in the Vatican at Rome. (Mus. Pio-Clement. vol. i. tav. 43.) (See woodcut.) Theattachment of the pallium by means of the broochcaused it to depend in a graceful manner (demissa. ex humeris, Virg. Aen. iv. 263), and contributedmainly to the production of those dignified andelegant forms which we so much admire in ancientsculptures. When a person sat, he often allowedhis pallium to fall from his shoulder, so as to en-velope the lower part of his body only. The sagum of the northern nations of Europe(see woodcut, p. 213) was a woollen pallium, fas- PALLIUM. PALUDAMENTUM. 853 tened, like that of the Greeks, by means of abrooch, or with a large thorn as a substitute for abrooch. (Tacit. Germ. 17 ; Strabo, iv. 4. 3.) TheGauls wore in summer one which was striped andchequered, so as to agree exactly with the plaidwhich still distinguishes their Scottish descendants ;in winter it was thick and much more simple incolour and pattern. (Diod. Sic. v. 30.) The Greeksand Romans also wore different pallia in summerand in winter. The thin pallium made for summerwear was called ArjSos, dim. Xyddpiov (, 713—717) and <rne7pov dim. cnrzipiov ( ii. 102,
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