A cloak or mantle. A large rectangle of material, either linen or wool, worn in many different ways as an outer wrapping. Some men wore only the himation and no chiton.
Cloak worn in ancient Greece.
a garment consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth thrown over the left shoulder and wrapped about the body
In ancient Greece, a garment wrapped around the body, with a rectangular piece of cloth thrown over the shoulder. Worn by both men and women.
The gownlike basic costume of the Greek tragic actor.
a sari-like garment that you can see in Greek sculpture
A himation is a cloak or mantle.
a rectangular cloth draped over the left shoulder and about the body of men and women in ancient times
a rectangular cloth draped over the left shoulder and about the body and worn as a garment in ancient Greece
A garment worn by female Archaic statues.
a long mantle worn by Greeks.
(Gr., "outer garment"): long, loose outer garment, also the dark outer garment of monks and nuns.
A himation was a type of clothing in ancient Greece. It was usually worn over a chiton, but was made of heavier drape and played the role of a cloak.