Ancient Greek female costume : illustrated by one hundred and twelve plates and numerous smaller illustrations ; with descriptive letterpress and descriptive passages from the works of Homer, Hesiod, Herodotus, Aeschylus, Euripides, Aristophanes, Theocritus, Xenophon, Lucian, and other Greek authors (1882)
Smith, J. Moyr, 1839-1912 · London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington · leaf 70
aking up a greatstone with both hands, and a highly finished effigy ofPericles fighting with an Amazon. The last was con-trived with so much art, that the hand lifting the spearpartly covered the face, and seemed to be intended toconceal the likeness, which was yet very striking. Forthus… … Fig. 29. The Dress of Bacchantes.A description of Greek female costume would scarcely E 66 ANCIENT GREEK FEMALE COSTUME. be complete without some reference to tlie dress that wasworn in the Bacchic festivals. The following extractsindicate its chief peculiarities :— (Edlpus. Go then where stands…
Costume -- Greece · Women -- Greece
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