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Himation

Classic sculpture of a standing man dressed in a himation. The print is part of an album with a series of prints after the sculptures in Gerard Reynst's collection.
Classic sculpture of a standing man dressed in a himation. The print is part of an album with a series of prints after the sculptures in Gerard Reynst's collection.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (n) Himation
    hi-mat′i-on the ancient Greek outer garment, oblong, thrown over the left shoulder, and fastened either over or under the right.
Etymology

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary Gr.

Usage in the news

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Usage in literature

The spectators cheered, called their names, waved their chlamyses and himations. "Buried Cities, Part 2" by Jennie Hall

The spectators cheered, called their names, waved their chlamyses and himations. "Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae" by Jennie Hall

We mentioned before, that the himation was sometimes pulled over the back of the head like a veil. "Museum of Antiquity" by L. W. Yaggy

The figure wears a tunic with sleeves and himation. "A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2)" by A. H. Smith