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DRESS AND DRAPERY
159
examples of later quasi-Ionian dress the Fates of the Parthenon
Pediment (where Iris wears the Dorian chiton), Artemisia from
the Mausoleum, figures on the columns of the Artemisium of
Ephesus, and so forth.
It is commonly supposed that the veil of women is a sepa-
rate article of dress. Sometimes it is so, as in the so-called
Giustiniani Vesta; but more commonly the veil is made by
bringing the end of the garment, whether over- or under-gar-
ment, forward over the top of the head.
An outer garment largely used by men, especially young men,
is the chlamys, properly the cloak of the cavalry soldier. This
was an oblong piece of cloth, fastened by a brooch on the right
shoulder, so as to cover the left arm, but to leave the right arm
free. On horseback the left arm would hold the reins, and
needed protection; the right was wanted for the whip or lance.
The so-called Phocion, and some of the youths of the Parthenon
frieze, wear the chlamys, which is often also worn by the hunt-
ress Artemis and Amazons.
I do not propose to examine in more detail the Greek dress
as worn by men and women. My purpose is not to write an
account of the actual habits'of the Greeks in their daily life
in the matter of dress; for that the reader must consult some
of the many works which deal methodically with the subject.
I only wish to explain to those who study the works of Greek
art what is the kind of dress represented in it. It will be seen
that, speaking generally, and omitting the Ionic chiton, the
garments depicted in Greek sculpture and painting are merely
square or oblong pieces of cloth cunningly folded, and so ar-
ranged, partly by their own weight and partly by the aid of
fibulae, as to present a beautiful effect. If a modern costumer
is set to produce Greek dresses for a classical drama, he adapts
them with a multitude of tucks and strings and buttons. He
may perhaps be following a necessity of the modern stage
DRESS AND DRAPERY
159
examples of later quasi-Ionian dress the Fates of the Parthenon
Pediment (where Iris wears the Dorian chiton), Artemisia from
the Mausoleum, figures on the columns of the Artemisium of
Ephesus, and so forth.
It is commonly supposed that the veil of women is a sepa-
rate article of dress. Sometimes it is so, as in the so-called
Giustiniani Vesta; but more commonly the veil is made by
bringing the end of the garment, whether over- or under-gar-
ment, forward over the top of the head.
An outer garment largely used by men, especially young men,
is the chlamys, properly the cloak of the cavalry soldier. This
was an oblong piece of cloth, fastened by a brooch on the right
shoulder, so as to cover the left arm, but to leave the right arm
free. On horseback the left arm would hold the reins, and
needed protection; the right was wanted for the whip or lance.
The so-called Phocion, and some of the youths of the Parthenon
frieze, wear the chlamys, which is often also worn by the hunt-
ress Artemis and Amazons.
I do not propose to examine in more detail the Greek dress
as worn by men and women. My purpose is not to write an
account of the actual habits'of the Greeks in their daily life
in the matter of dress; for that the reader must consult some
of the many works which deal methodically with the subject.
I only wish to explain to those who study the works of Greek
art what is the kind of dress represented in it. It will be seen
that, speaking generally, and omitting the Ionic chiton, the
garments depicted in Greek sculpture and painting are merely
square or oblong pieces of cloth cunningly folded, and so ar-
ranged, partly by their own weight and partly by the aid of
fibulae, as to present a beautiful effect. If a modern costumer
is set to produce Greek dresses for a classical drama, he adapts
them with a multitude of tucks and strings and buttons. He
may perhaps be following a necessity of the modern stage