A woman's chiton would always be worn at ankle length. A long chiton which reached the heels was called a chiton poderes, while a longer one which dragged the ground was called a chiton syrtos or an helkekhitōn (ἑλκεχίτων) (literally, a chiton that drags the ground). When used alone (without a himation), the chiton was called a monochiton. As they are not wearing himations, these are monochitons Two women wearing simple chiton poderes, without a belt or apoptygma (overfold).
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Thereafter their chitons were held with buttons, often styled with the face of the Gorgon. This lynching 'seemed a thing more terrible than the disaster'.
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Herodotus states the dress of the women in Athens was changed from the Doric peplos to the Ionic chiton after the widows of the men killed on military expedition to Aegina stabbed and killed the sole survivor with their peplos pins, each demanding where their husband was. The Ionic chiton could also be made from linen or wool and was draped without the fold and held in place from neck to wrist by several small pins or buttons. It can be draped and fastened at the shoulder by pins (Greek: peronai Latin: fibulae) or sewing, or by buttons. It can be worn plain or with an overfold called an apoptygma, which is more common to women. The Doric chiton is a single rectangle of woolen or linen fabric.
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Different forms and wearing styles Ī shorter version of the chiton was called the chitoniskos. Hebrew כֻּתֹּנֶת kuttṓnĕṯ), ultimately from a word for flax. The word chiton is derived from a Central Semitic language * kittan (e.g.