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Searched all Perseus collections for "himation"

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844 Art objects

1. Mississippi 1977.3.117: Early Classical; Attic Red Figure, White Ground; Lekythos; Artemis with a fawn. [Vase] (6.90)

2. Luzern, Market, Galerie Fischer: LEKYTHOS; FLORAL, PALMETTES, YOUTH, DEPARTING (YOUTH IN HIMATION, WITH PETASOS AND SPEARS, AND WOMAN WITH PHIALE AND OINOCHOE) [Beazley Archive Vase] (6.90)

3. Munich GL DV 34, Lekythos of a woman: Late Classical; Marble; Funerary; Lekythos with scene of three figures [Sculpture] (6.17)

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132 Images

1. Louvre G 457: Detail of the tondo, top: Mousaios, a nude youth wearing a white taenia, stands profile to the right, with his right hand on his hip, and holds a tablet in his upraised left hand; in front of him, on a klismos, sits Linos, a bearded man wearing a himation around his lower body and a wreath; he unrolls a book scroll on which letters are barely distinguishable (note the dipinti labelling both figures) [Image] (7.06)

2. Louvre G 457: Detail of side A, right: a nude athlete stands in a relaxed pose, profile to the right, seemingly talking with the woman opposite him, who stands 3/4-view to the left, and wears a himation over an undergarment, as well as a narrow taenia; (note the leaded clamp that repaired the break between them in antiquity) [Image] (5.05)

3. Louvre E 803: Detail of the body scene, far right: a woman wearing a red himation over a black peplos, stands profile to the right, holding her himation out in her upraised right hand [Image] (4.64)

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3 Reference articles

1. himation [Reference article in Perseus Encyclopedia] (5.22)

2. Himation [Reference article in Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)] (5.22)

3. HIMATION [Reference article in A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890) (eds. G. E. Marindin, William Smith, LLD, William Wayte)] (4.64)

6 Texts

1. (in English) Skyphos? body fragment - Attic Black figure. / Wool basket and corner of a himation. Reserved band; Left - wool basket?; Right - corner of a himation?; below - band with line below. [Text] (2.62)

2. (in English) Seated goddess, probably Demeter, on a high-backed throne, her hands on her knees. She wears a chiton and the himation drawn over her head. The clay is orange-brown and a considerable amount of the red pigment still remains. / Ht.8.9 / Terracotta / One corner of throne chipped. Slight surface encrustation. [Text] (1.66)

3. (in English) Fragment of a neck amphora. / Ht: 300mm; Daim.: 175mm. / forgery? / Side A: young warrior carrying a large shield. He wears a tall crested helmet. The young warrior faces a man on his left, wearing a decorated himation. Behind the warrior is a man wearing a brimmed hat and carrying a staff, possibly Hermes or a traveller or a messenger. On the neck on this side is a youth raising his hand to a seated man. Behind that youth is another. Side B: Herakles wielding two clubs, wearing his lion skin around his hips. He faces a naked beardless youth who carries two fillets. On the neck on this side is the remains of a centaur rearing up, with a human in a long tunic carrying a staff before him. [Text] (1.12)

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