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MYTHOLOGY OF SCULPTURE.
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Roman Costume.
Tho Eoman tunic, like the Greek chiton, was a woollen under-
garment. It was sometimes girded with a belt, or girdle, round the
waist, but was usually worn loose. The toga was an outer garment,
of a semi-circular shape and of great length, and so worn as to let
its ends fall on both sides down to the ground in considerable
masses. The stola, which was a tunic with a broad border, and the
palla, which was a kind of large shawl worn over tho stola, were
female dresses.
THE TWELVE OLYMPIAN DEITIES.
Zeus.—Jupiter.
He was represented either standing or sitting. The sitting pos-
ture, in which tho himation, which is sunk down to the loins,
forms the usual drapery, is con-
nected with the idea of tranquil
power, victorious rest. Tho standing
posture, in which tho himation is
often entirely discarded, or only the
back is covered, carries with it the
idea of activity; Zeus is then con-
ceived as protector, patron of political
activity, or as the god who punislies
and guards with thunderbolts. The
characteristic features of his head (as
stamped by Phidias) are remarkable
in the arrangement of the hair, which
rose up from the centre of the fore-
head, and then fell down on both
sides like a mane; the brow clear
and bright above, but greatly arch-
ing forward beneath, mild lineaments
round tho upper lip and cheeks, the
full rich beard descending in large
wavy tresses. He was also given a jotitkb.
noble, ample, and open chest, as well
as a powerful but not an unduly enlarged muscular develop-
ment of the whole body. His usual attributes are the sceptre,
eagle, thunderbolt, and a figure of Victory in his hand,
and sometimes a cornucopia. The Olympian Zeus sometimes wears
a wreath of olive, and the Dodonean Zeus a wreath of oak leaves.
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Roman Costume.
Tho Eoman tunic, like the Greek chiton, was a woollen under-
garment. It was sometimes girded with a belt, or girdle, round the
waist, but was usually worn loose. The toga was an outer garment,
of a semi-circular shape and of great length, and so worn as to let
its ends fall on both sides down to the ground in considerable
masses. The stola, which was a tunic with a broad border, and the
palla, which was a kind of large shawl worn over tho stola, were
female dresses.
THE TWELVE OLYMPIAN DEITIES.
Zeus.—Jupiter.
He was represented either standing or sitting. The sitting pos-
ture, in which tho himation, which is sunk down to the loins,
forms the usual drapery, is con-
nected with the idea of tranquil
power, victorious rest. Tho standing
posture, in which tho himation is
often entirely discarded, or only the
back is covered, carries with it the
idea of activity; Zeus is then con-
ceived as protector, patron of political
activity, or as the god who punislies
and guards with thunderbolts. The
characteristic features of his head (as
stamped by Phidias) are remarkable
in the arrangement of the hair, which
rose up from the centre of the fore-
head, and then fell down on both
sides like a mane; the brow clear
and bright above, but greatly arch-
ing forward beneath, mild lineaments
round tho upper lip and cheeks, the
full rich beard descending in large
wavy tresses. He was also given a jotitkb.
noble, ample, and open chest, as well
as a powerful but not an unduly enlarged muscular develop-
ment of the whole body. His usual attributes are the sceptre,
eagle, thunderbolt, and a figure of Victory in his hand,
and sometimes a cornucopia. The Olympian Zeus sometimes wears
a wreath of olive, and the Dodonean Zeus a wreath of oak leaves.
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