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THE TOILETTE IN GREECE.
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The chlamyde is a garment about which authors
greatly differ. Some affirm that it resembled the Ro-
man toga, but the greater number reject this opinion ;
whatever its exact shape and dimensions may have
been is therefore uncertain, but it was usually fastened
on the shoulder by a brooch.
The phelone, a dress often mentioned by Greek
writers, differed from the chlamyde only in the quality
of the material of which it was formed, the former
being usually made of a coarse manufacture fit for
wearing in the country.
The under-garments of the Greeks, which gene-
rally were of white woollen stuff, bore the name of
tunics-
“ A vest and tunic o’er me next she threw.”—Odyssey.
The tunics were of different kinds, and varied in name
according to their shape and texture ; they were worn
equally by men and women, the only difference being
that the latter always had the petticoat and sleeves
long, while the common tunic of the men generally
descended no lower than the calf of the leg, and the
sleeves were short and very narrow. Thus, in the
“ Odyssey,” we read of Ulysses :
“ The goddess with a radiant tunic dress’d
My limbs, and o’er me cast a silken vest.”
The exomide was a tunic without sleeves, generally
worn by servants, and often also by philosophers, who,
to mark their contempt of luxury, sometimes clothed
themselves in the most unostentatious manner.
The calasiris was another tunic made of linen,
389
The chlamyde is a garment about which authors
greatly differ. Some affirm that it resembled the Ro-
man toga, but the greater number reject this opinion ;
whatever its exact shape and dimensions may have
been is therefore uncertain, but it was usually fastened
on the shoulder by a brooch.
The phelone, a dress often mentioned by Greek
writers, differed from the chlamyde only in the quality
of the material of which it was formed, the former
being usually made of a coarse manufacture fit for
wearing in the country.
The under-garments of the Greeks, which gene-
rally were of white woollen stuff, bore the name of
tunics-
“ A vest and tunic o’er me next she threw.”—Odyssey.
The tunics were of different kinds, and varied in name
according to their shape and texture ; they were worn
equally by men and women, the only difference being
that the latter always had the petticoat and sleeves
long, while the common tunic of the men generally
descended no lower than the calf of the leg, and the
sleeves were short and very narrow. Thus, in the
“ Odyssey,” we read of Ulysses :
“ The goddess with a radiant tunic dress’d
My limbs, and o’er me cast a silken vest.”
The exomide was a tunic without sleeves, generally
worn by servants, and often also by philosophers, who,
to mark their contempt of luxury, sometimes clothed
themselves in the most unostentatious manner.
The calasiris was another tunic made of linen,