Word: chitons
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...from engravings and statues. They are not exactly such as would have been worn by the Roman actors, but rather those in vogue in Athens at the time the action is supposed to have taken place - that is, 300 B. C. The old men are dressed in the chiton and pallium; the young men in the chiton and chlamys; the women in the encyclum, palla and chiton. In selecting the costume great attention has been paid to the harmonious grouping of colors. The aim has been to make the grouping as effective and beautiful, from an artistic point of view...