Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Chlamydatus

Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

CHLAMYDA'TUS (χλαμυδωτός). Clad in the chlamys, or Grecian mantle; which, from the nature of the garment, might be put on in a variety of ways, presenting very different characters, but all studiously arranged with a view of appearing graceful and becoming. (Ovid. Met. ii. 733.) The most simple and usual were the following: —

1. The narrowest part of the mantle (see the right-hand figure s. CHLAMYS was passed round the back of the neck, and the two corners brought together in front of the throat, where they were joined by a buckle, clasp, or brooch, so that the goars might be turned back over the shoulders (demissa ex humeris. Virg. Aen. 263.), and the middle or longest part would hang down behind as far as the knees, as shown by the annexed figure (Chlamydatus/1.1), from the Panathenaic frieze in the British Museum.

2. Or, a portion of the narrow part of the left-hand figure s. CHLAMYS, was folded down, in order to make a longer line, and then fastened sideways over the right shoulder by a brooch, &c.; so that the mantle completely enveloped the left arm, leaving the right one, as well as the whole side, uncovered, whilst the four corners hung down on the same side parallel to one another, two in front and two behind, as shown by the annexed figure (Chlamydatus/2.1), from a Greek vase.

3. Or, one side of it was carried across the chest, and thrown over the left shoulder, so as closely to envelope the upper part of the person, as low as the wrists (Apul. Flor. ii. 15. 2.); an arrangement more especially adopted on horseback, as shown by the annexed example (Chlamydatus/3.1), from the Panathenaic frieze in the British Museum.

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  Chlamydatus/1.1
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  Chlamydatus/2.1
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  Chlamydatus/3.1