An Athenian gentleman when he is in the house wears nothing but
his chiton; it is even proper for him to be seen wearing nothing
else upon the streets, but then more usually he will add an outer
cloak,--his HIMATION.

The himation is even simpler than the chiton. It is merely a generous
oblong woolen shawl. There are innumerable ways of arranging it
according to the impulse of the moment; but usually it has to be
worn without pins, and that involves wrapping it rather tightly
around the body, and keeping one of the hands confined to hold the
cloak in place. That is no drawback, however, to a genteel wearer.
It proclaims to the world that HE does not have to work, wearing
his hands for a living; therefore he can keep them politely idle.[*]
The adjustment of the himation is a work of great art. A rich man
will often have a special slave whose business it is to arrange
the hang and the folds before his master moves forth in public;
and woe to the careless fellow if the effect fails to display due
elegance and dignity!

[*]Workingmen often wore no himation, and had a kind of chiton (an
exomis) which was especially arranged to leave them with free use
of their arms.

There is a third garment sometimes worn by Athenians. Young men
who wish to appear very active, and genuine travelers, also wear
a CHLAMYS, a kind of circular mantle or cape which swings jauntily
over their shoulders, and will give good protection in foul weather.

There are almost no other masculine garments. No shirts (unless
the chiton be one), no underwear. In their costume, as in so many