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Chlamys  n.  (pl. E. chlamyses, L. chlamydes)  A loose and flowing outer garment, worn by the ancient Greeks; a kind of cloak.





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... but whether the restoration was wisely made may be doubted. It is curious to compare this celebrated masterpiece of technical dexterity with another basrelief in the Villa Albani, representing Antinous as Castor. He is standing, half clothed with the chlamys, by a horse. His hair is close-cropped, after the Roman fashion, cut straight above the forehead, but crowned with a fillet of lotos-buds. The whole face has a somewhat stern and frowning Roman look of resolution, contrasting with the mild benignity of the Bacchus statues, and the ...
— Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete - Series I, II, and III • John Symonds
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Words linked to "Chlamys" :   plant organ, perigone, corolla, falls, natural covering, cover, cape, covering, perigonium, floral envelope, blossom, flower, perianth, chlamydeous


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