The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-11-17

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mOnian Ajax and his Locrian namesake
had a G q half brother but no brother by
the same mother. Achilles and Diomedes
had no brother. Neither had Odysseus.
Telemaohus was an only son. Nevertheless
no instance Of the formal adoption OF a
son IL mentioned. Phoenix. indeed. says
that he adopted Achilles. but the latter
surely did not leave. the family Of Peleus.
o natural and inevitable the marriage
state was supposed to be for men n wo-
men is evident from the fact that no un-
married man or woman Of mature age is
mentioned in the poems. except the old
Ph9nix, on whom the curse Of childless-
ness. imprecated by mis- father, had proved
enectual. Somewhat c~uriously, however.
although a woman was expected to marry
again on the death OF her husband. no
HomeriO widower takes n second wife.
We note lastly that the Homeric poems
contain no instance Of a divorce or Of .
formal or voluntary separation Of man and
wife.
In a chapter on dress and decoration
the author points out that while the Rarb
of Cretnn ladies' belonging to the pre- Ho-
nsric age had been surprisingly modern,
with entirely separate garments for the
" @NN ~ NOWCh PATNo VI blG DOONs N10
Honeric wOman's dress. like the primitive
raiment Of other branches Of In IndO-
European family. had no separate skirt or
bodice. In early Greece. Italy and Ger
many alike the costume OF women seems
TO have differed little from that Of men.
The chief garment Of 10Th sexes was a
quadrsngulsr piece OF woollen cloth. not
sewed but fastened by pins. In addition
NhA waAn - LIZ, -uAI- -AsA
gradually into drawers and trousers or
were discarded and replaced by tunics.
The course Of development was determined
mainly by the climate. which in Greece and
Asia Minor is mild. There the summer
10 warm and long. and during this season a
man but little clothing. In the max
ing Of Homeric dress IL is evident that little
cutting and sewing were required and
probably no fittings. Buttons n hooks
and eyes we're still unknown. Sewing 10
mentioned but once. when the poet says
that the old La8rtes wore a sewed or patched
tunic. I'll Homerio man in general wore
two garments-a tunic or shirt and a
mantle or plaid. When the King left his
palace for the council OF his peers he wore
but 1--we articles Of clothing. including his
girdle and his two shoes. The shaggy
wOollen chlena was he chief garment OF
all men. corresponding to the woman's
peplos. and il served also as a blanket at
night. It was. as we have said. a large rec
tangular mantle. plaid or shawl and often
worn folded. OF course the mantle
not worn commonly on the field Of bat
tie; il was thrown OF in preparing for any
The ordinary use Of the cloak
10 a protection against cold 10 recognized
In two similar, epithets. meaning winged
shelter" Instead Of a woven mantle. the
skin OF some animal would he. sometimes
worn. Thus lion skins are worn by Aga
memnon and Diomedes: leopard skins by
and Paris: a wolf skin Is worn by
DoloD: a deer skin by the disguised Odys-
and a goat skin by the swineherd
Eumeus.
The chiffon vas a tunic or shirt Of linen
a primitive Hellenic garment; but
from the Ph9nicians and ac-
by the oman first Of all Greeks.
Il never was pinned on or thrown about |
he shoulders. IA the chl9na was: no. pins
Or brooches were used for il. Always IL
entered doubtless being drawn on
the head. No slit down the front is
m~entfoneds without such an opening IL
must rave had large holes for the neck and
IL was assumed on rising and was
loffed upon going to hsd, when clearly
he man had no special night gear. but
naked like the English and the Ger
mans OF a few generations q The chiffon
was worn ungirt, but a. belt
would be employed when a man was pre-
)arinR for battle. The lOin cloth probably /
vas worn more often than might be in
erred from the inHrequency OF its mention.
The poet seldom has occasion TO refer to il.
L was theO only garment worn by Menelaus
m the battlefield.
The peplos. OF ~quadrangular piece OF
10th worn by women. was Of wool. and the
many colored" and -cunningly
wrought imply colored weaving. The poet
no undergarments for women.
nd Hera in clothing herself after the bath
her pepIos first of all. A zirdls
to hold the peplos in place. The
pithet deep girdled' seems 10 be equiva-
ent to slender wasted. the outline Of the
waist being contracted with that OF the
'osom and hips. well grit" refers not 30
to the beauty Of the sirdle as to the
OF the wearer. The sole upper
OF b HOmeric vol man was a
hick n heavy veil which hung from the
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'ack and shoulders. II was held in place
y the hand. IL could be drawn forward,
mt generally il did not cover the face.
he wOman's veil like the mans mantle
Ias not worn ordinarily at home. The veil
Gems TO have generally been made Of wool,
ut sometimes IL was of linen. The Homeric
oems say nothing about the dress OF
Probably the small boy in sum-
Ter wore nothing but a loin cloth. Larger
hildren would be dressed like their elders.
Sandals are mentioned nineteen times in
Homeric poems. They we're not worn
'ithin the house. Probably the rank and
10 Of the people through most Of the year
emf barefoot. as did Socrates In the Peri
lean age. II is noteworthy that. no woman
said to wear sandals. but Prof. Seymour
the omission. TO mention this !
rticle OF apparel in their case TO mere
nance, since they are worn by the god
esses Hera and Athena. In HOmeric ,
leather was made from the skins Of .
goats, weasels, and probably OF dogs. ;
Ihich Of these skins we're used for sandals :
ie poet does not say. Whether the foot :
sar were only soles or rude shoes cannot :
said. We have seen that a veil served !.