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Amalia created a romantic folksy court dress, which became a national Greek costume still known as the Amalía dress. [3] It follows the Biedermeier style, with a loose-fitting, white cotton or silk shirt, often decorated with lace at the neck and handcuffs, over which a richly embroidered jacket or vest is worn, usually of dark blue or claret ...
Picture of a classical Greek athlete wearing the kynodesme (attributed to the Triptolemos painter, dating from about 480 BC) A kynodesmē (Greek: κυνοδέσμη, English translation: "dog tie") was a cord or string [1] or sometimes a leather strip that was worn primarily by athletes in Ancient Greece and Etruria to prevent the exposure of the glans penis in public (considered to be ill ...
Male nudity could also be seen in Symposiums, a social event for elite men. [67] Male nudity could also be seen in rituals such as a boys coming of age ceremony. [ 67 ] Public female nudity was generally not accepted in ancient Greece, [ 66 ] though occasionally woman are nude in athletic events and religious rituals. [ 66 ]
Antinous was the Greek male lover of Hadrian, a Roman Emperor in the 2nd century. Antinous died of mysterious circumstances while riding a flotilla down the Nile river in October of 130.
A zoster (Greek: ζωστήρ, zōstēr) was a form of girdle or belt worn by men and perhaps later by women in ancient Greece, from the Archaic period (c. 750 – c. 500 BC) to the Hellenistic period (323–30 BC). The word occurs in Homer, [1] where it appears to refer to a warrior's belt of leather, possibly covered in bronze plates.
In this tale, a dead Turkish man climed out of his grave and became a large dog. The dog followed a Pontian man all night; in the morning, the dog turned back into a human. [164] The tale reflects biased beliefs against all Muslims, but especially Turks. While some folktales exist to teach a moral lesson, some exist to teach other lessons.
A peplos (Greek: ὁ πέπλος) is a body-length garment established as typical attire for women in ancient Greece by c. 500 BC, during the late Archaic and Classical period. It was a long, rectangular cloth with the top edge folded down about halfway, so that what was the top of the rectangle was now draped below the waist, and the bottom ...
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