himation

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It proclaims to the world that HE does not have to work, wearing his hands for a living; therefore he can keep them politely idle The adjustment of the himation is a work of great art.

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  1. noun A rectangular woolen or linen cloak worn by men and women in ancient Greece.

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  • The queen was dressed plainly in Greek fashion; her himation was white, her only ornament a great diamond that was blazing like a star on her breast. —  A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C.
  • As the lady drew toward the open door she saw the graceful, easy form of Pratinas on the threshold, one hand carelessly thrust in the folds of his himation, the other gesturing animatedly, while he leaned against the stone casing Lucius Lentulus, his purple-lined tunic dirty and torn, his hair disordered, his face knitted into a bitter frown, crouched on a stool in the little low-ceiled room, confronting the Hellene. —  A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C.
  • It proclaims to the world that HE does not have to work, wearing his hands for a living; therefore he can keep them politely idle The adjustment of the himation is a work of great art. —  A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life
  • A rich man will often have a special slave whose business it is to arrange the hang and the folds before his master moves forth in public; and woe to the careless fellow if the effect fails to display due elegance and dignity Workingmen often wore no himation, and had a kind of chiton (an exömis) which was especially arranged to leave them with free use of their arms There is a third garment sometimes worn by Athenians. —  A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life
  • A himation, deftly adjusted, is absolutely indispensable whenever she shows herself outside the house These feminine garments are all, as a rule, more elaborately embroidered, more adorned with fringes and tassels, than those of the men. —  A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life
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  1. Greek hīmation, diminutive of hīma, hīmat-, garment, variant of heima, from hennunai, to clothe; see wes-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Greek ἴμάτιον, in form a diminutive of ἴμα(τ-) for ειᾔ̄μα(τ-), a dress, garment, clothing, from ἑννίναι, dress, clothe: see vest and wear.
 

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