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Title: The life of the Greeks and Romans
Year: 1875 (1870s)
Authors: Guhl, E. (Ernst), 1819-1862 Koner, W. (Wilhelm), 1817-1887, joint author Hueffer, Francis, 1843-1889, tr
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Publisher: London, Chapman and Hall
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the top, which is turned over in front. Thelatter, now worn by Greek and Italian fishermen, was, in oldtimes, used by the barbarous nations of Asia, which may be MALE HEAD-COVERINGS. 171 racognised by it. Paris, Ganymede (Fig. 222, d), Anchises,Olynrpos, Atys, Mithras, and the Amazons are frequently repre-sented with it, also barbarous warriors on Roman monuments of theimperial period. An interesting combination of head-coverings,with a flattened pilos amongst them, appears in a large vase-painting (Millin, Galerie Mythologique/ PI. CXXXV.) repre-senting a battle between Greeks and Amazons with their Scythianallies, perhaps an imitation of the battle of the Amazons repre-sented by Phidias on the shield of Athene Parthenos. Similar tothe Phrygian is another cap worn by Amazons and nobleAsiatics. It consists of wool or leather, and resembles a helmet.The top is only a little turned down in front, the back part beingprolonged by means of a flap (Fig. 222, e, compare Fig. 212). a b g c i
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It appears in paintings on the heads of Asiatic men and women,sometimes in the quaintest shapes (see Fig. 221). It is generallycalled jiirpa, although this word seems to imply the covering ofthe head with a scarf. Such a turban-like covering of theforehead, cheeks, and neck, with only the point of the Asiatic capprotruding from it, is worn, for instance, by the Persians in thePompeian mosaic called the Battle of Alexander. The Orientalturban is undoubtedly a remnant of this costume. The thirdform of the hat is the Treraaos, originally worn in Makedonia andThessaly, and introduced into Greece together with the chlamysworn by epheboi. It resembled our wideawakes, but for the verysmall headpiece, and was fastened to the head by means of straps,which, at the same time, prevented it from slipping when thrown 172 STYLE OF HAIR FOR MEN. over the back (Fig. 222,/), in the same way that the medievalbiretta was worn occasionally. This petasos is worn by theepheboi on horseback on the frieze of

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