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Chlamys

noun
(pl. E. chlamyses, L. chlamydes)
1.
Collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils.  Synonyms: floral envelope, perianth, perigone, perigonium.
2.
A short mantle or cape fastened at the shoulder; worn by men in ancient Greece.





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... but whether the restoration was wisely made may be doubted. It is curious to compare this celebrated masterpiece of technical dexterity with another basrelief in the Villa Albani, representing Antinous as Castor. He is standing, half clothed with the chlamys, by a horse. His hair is close-cropped, after the Roman fashion, cut straight above the forehead, but crowned with a fillet of lotos-buds. The whole face has a somewhat stern and frowning Roman look of resolution, contrasting with the mild benignity of the Bacchus statues, and the ...
— Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete - Series I, II, and III • John Symonds


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