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Himation vs Chlamys - What's the difference?

himation | chlamys |

As nouns the difference between himation and chlamys

is that himation is a rectangular cloak of linen or wool, worn in Ancient Greece, usually over a chiton while chlamys is a short cloak caught up on the shoulder, worn by hunters, soldiers, and horsemen in Ancient Greece.

himation

English

(wikipedia himation)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A rectangular cloak of linen or wool, worn in Ancient Greece, usually over a chiton.

    • See also

    * peplum, peplos * chiton * chlamys * exomis ----

    chlamys

    English

    (wikipedia chlamys)

    Noun

    (chlamydes)
  • (historical) A short cloak caught up on the shoulder, worn by hunters, soldiers, and horsemen in Ancient Greece.
  • * 1844 , (Walter Savage Landor), ‘Æsop and Rhosope’, Imaginary Conversations :
    • He unfolded the chlamys , stretched it out with both hands before me, and then cast it over my shoulders.
  • * 1977 , Mary Carol Sturgeon, Sculpture: the Reliefs from the Theater , p. 38:
    • A male god stands in three-quarter view to right, wearing a chlamys fastened at his right shoulder with a round clasp.

    See also

    * peplos, peplum * exomis * himation * chiton