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chlamys

[ kley-mis, klam-is ]

noun

plural chlamyses chlamydes
  1. a short, fine woolen mantle worn by men in ancient Greece.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of chlamys1

1740–50; < Latin < Greek ý
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His upper body rippled with muscles, covered only by a Greek chlamys - a white wool cloak loosely wrapped and pinned at the shoulder.

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Attired with theatrical buskins, a Phrygian cap and a blue chlamys over a transparent tunic, she was taken to the foot of the altar and seated there.

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Then he rose swiftly, drew on his day tunic, threw about him the chlamys that Phalaris had worn, and slipped noiselessly from the room.

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This figure is nude with the exception of a chlamys which falls down the back and passes in front over the right ankle.

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She was painted as Sappho, in a Greek chlamys, with her golden tresses flowing down her shoulders, and her arms bare to the shoulder.

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