Museum of antiquity; a description of ancient life: the employments, amusements, customs and habits, the cities, places, monuments and tombs, the literature and fine arts of 3,000 years ago (1882)
Yaggy, Levi W · Chicago, Western Publishing House; New York, Standard Publishing House; [etc.,etc.] · leaf 238
ny Makedonians were killed by the Persians takinghold of their long beards, and pulling them to the ground. Alexander, in consequence,had his troops shaved during the battle. HEAD-DRESS OF WOMEN. 227 therefore happened only on exceptional occasions. On journeyswomen wore a light broad-brimmed… … nAIR-DRESS. {From Pompeii.) chiefly of different contrivances for holding together their plenti-ful hair. We mentioned before, that the himation was some-times pulled over the back of the head like a veil. But at avery early period Greek women wore much shorter or longerveils, which covered the…
Haines, Thomas L · Civilization · Classical antiquities
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