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THE TOILETTE IN GREECE.
lotas, a poet, who lived in the island of Cos, being so
very thin and light that he was afraid of being carried
away by the wind, had the soles of his sandals made
of lead!
The cothurnus, or buskin, worn by the Greeks of
both sexes, is said by some to have been invented by
Thespis, a native of Attica, and the first tragic author.
Others assert that Sophocles was the first who intro-
duced it upon the stage, where its high heels were of
much service to those who undertook the part of
heroes. It usually reached up the leg, and was fas-
tened under the knee. Some were richly ornamented,
and they were frequently of a purple colour.
Soccus, which is often used to express a comic
style, as cothurnus does a tragic, was also Greek.
Terence speaks of it, in one of his tragedies, as an
outside covering for the feet: “ Uncertain as to what
I should do, I seated myself, and my slaves came to
to take off my soccus.” Gradually, as the love of or-
nament and display advanced, sandals, which at first
were only made of the skins of animals, assumed a
different appearance, and soon no part of dress was
more remarkable for splendour and magnificence;
gold, precious stones, and embroidery, were all em-
ployed to adorn them. Thus, Homer says :
“ And on his foot the golden sandal shone.”
“ Clasp’d on his feet th’ embroider’d sandals shine.”
The phasia was a kind of shoe. Appianus, the
Greek historian, mentions that they were made of
white leather, and were worn by the Athenian priests
when they offered sacrifices.
THE TOILETTE IN GREECE.
lotas, a poet, who lived in the island of Cos, being so
very thin and light that he was afraid of being carried
away by the wind, had the soles of his sandals made
of lead!
The cothurnus, or buskin, worn by the Greeks of
both sexes, is said by some to have been invented by
Thespis, a native of Attica, and the first tragic author.
Others assert that Sophocles was the first who intro-
duced it upon the stage, where its high heels were of
much service to those who undertook the part of
heroes. It usually reached up the leg, and was fas-
tened under the knee. Some were richly ornamented,
and they were frequently of a purple colour.
Soccus, which is often used to express a comic
style, as cothurnus does a tragic, was also Greek.
Terence speaks of it, in one of his tragedies, as an
outside covering for the feet: “ Uncertain as to what
I should do, I seated myself, and my slaves came to
to take off my soccus.” Gradually, as the love of or-
nament and display advanced, sandals, which at first
were only made of the skins of animals, assumed a
different appearance, and soon no part of dress was
more remarkable for splendour and magnificence;
gold, precious stones, and embroidery, were all em-
ployed to adorn them. Thus, Homer says :
“ And on his foot the golden sandal shone.”
“ Clasp’d on his feet th’ embroider’d sandals shine.”
The phasia was a kind of shoe. Appianus, the
Greek historian, mentions that they were made of
white leather, and were worn by the Athenian priests
when they offered sacrifices.