A smaller woolen rectangle that the himation, of Macedonian or Italian origin; some times bordered, pinned at right shoulder or front; worn with short chiton or alone by younger, more active men.
a short mantle or cape fastened at the shoulder; worn by men in ancient Greece
in ancient Greece, a short mantle, usually worn by horseback riders. In the Byzantine period, the imperial civil dress, a purple mantle fastened on the right shoulder by a fibula (q.v.).
a long cloak thought to be of Macedonian origin and initially used for riding, military campaigns or hunting. The chlamys was worn over a chiton, the fabric was folded in half vertically, and the front and rear sections were attached to one another by a fibula fixed at the right shoulder. The wearer's left hand remained underneath the fabric, whereas the right hand was free to utilize a spear or whip. The fibula could be moved under the chin to free both arms. During the Byzantine period the chlamys came to be part of court costume, with different colors associated with specific offices. Purple ones were worn by the Emperor with a gold tablion at his coronation. In art the chlamys is worn by Old Testament Kings and in numerous depictions of military saints (see cat 110, 136, 138).
A chlamys (χλαμΰς) was an ancient Greek piece of clothing, namely a cloak. The chlamys was typically worn by Greek soldiers in the 5th to 3rd centuries BC. The chlamys was made from a rectangle of woollen material about the size of a blanket, typically bordered.