Tainia (costume)

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Greek clothes:
1) Man wearing a chiton and a pilos hat. 2) Man wearing an exomis and a tainia. 3) Man wearing a himation. 4) Man wearing a himation over a chiton. 5) Man wearing a chlamys and a helmet.

Tainia is an ancient Greek word meaning "band" or "ribbon". It used to designete the headband worn with the traditional Greek costume.

In Latin, the word became taenia, which took on a variety of meanings, from architecture to animal sciences.

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• Greek costume (French, Pdf)

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