Chlamys
Short cloak of Ancient Greece / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the scallop genus, see Chlamys (bivalve). For the beetle genus described as Chlamys, see Neochlamisus.
The chlamys (Ancient Greek: χλαμύς, chlamýs, genitive: χλαμύδος, chlamydos) was a type of an ancient Greek cloak.[1] By the time of the Byzantine Empire it was, although in a much larger form, part of the state costume of the emperor and high officials. It survived as such until at least the 12th century AD.
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The ephaptis (Ancient Greek: ἐφαπτίς) was a similar garment, typically worn by infantrymen.[2]