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Himation

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A named Greek draped rectangular cloak of later classical dress-talk. Not a chlamys, not a toga, and not a bisht.

Hellenic religion

  • Himation appears in Hellenic religion.

    Pausanias notes the himation among outer wraps of statues and citizens. A named himation in that periegesis, not chlamys as the short cloak and not toga.

    from Pausanias · Description of Greece, c. 150–180 CE

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