CHLAENA

( χλαῖνα ). [ Pallium . ] IMG:6459379820872971714_ill084a.jpg: Chlamys. (The Figure on the left from a Painting on a Vase; that on the right from the Brit. Mus.) CHLĂMỸS ( χλαμύς , dim. χλαμύδιον ), a scarf, denoted an article of the amictus , or outer raiment of the Greeks. It was for the most part woollen; and it differed from the himation ( ἱμάτιον ), or cloak, the usual amictus of the male sex, in being smaller, finer, and oblong instead of square, its length being generally about twice its breadth. The scarf does not appear to have been much worn by children. It was generally a umed on reaching adolescence, and was worn by the ephebi from about seventeen to twenty years of age, and hence was called χλαμὺς ἐφηβηική . It was also worn by the military, especially of high rank, over their body armour, and by hunters and travellers, more particularly on horseback. The usual mode of wearing the scarf was to pa one of its shorter sides round the neck, and to fasten it by means of a brooch ( fibula ), either over the breast (cut, Hasta ), in which case it hung down the back, or over the right shoulder, so as to cover the left arm (cut, Causia ). In the following cut it is worn again in another way. The aptitude of the scarf to be turned in every po ible form around the body, made it useful even for defence. The hunter used to wrap his chlamys about his left arm when pursuing wild animals, and preparing to fight with them. The annexed woodcut exhibits a figure of Neptune armed with the trident in his right hand, and having a chlamys to protect the left. When Diana goes to the chase, as she does not require her scarf for purposes of defence, she draws it from behind over her shoulders, and twists it round her waist so that the belt of her quiver pa es acro it. (See woodcut .) Among the Romans the scarf came more into use under the emperors. Caligula wore one enriched with gold. Severus, when he was in the country or on an expedition, wore a scarf dyed with the coccus. IMG:6459379820872971714_ill084b.jpg: Chlamys. (Neptune from a Coin, and Diana from a Statue in the Vatican.)