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A Goddess

A Goddess.jpg The Toga PraetextaMiniaturesDiscovery of loaves of bread baked 1800 years ago, at PompeiiThe Toga PraetextaMiniaturesDiscovery of loaves of bread baked 1800 years ago, at PompeiiThe Toga PraetextaMiniaturesDiscovery of loaves of bread baked 1800 years ago, at PompeiiThe Toga PraetextaMiniaturesDiscovery of loaves of bread baked 1800 years ago, at Pompeii
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This Doric chiton is often seen on statues and paintings of Greek goddesses. The shoulders and breast part were usually surmounted by the "AEgis," a sort of scaled cape-cuirass. Athena is generally represented wearing it

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Costume and Fashion
The evolution of European dress through the earlier ages
By Herbert Norris
Published in 1924
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