Smock - outerwear men of ancient Greece - kind of cape rectangular woolen cloth. Jumped on the short side of the neck, closing his left shoulder, leaving the right free, fastened by brooches, later - Agrafa. Appearing in Thessaly and Macedonia in northern Greece, spread throughout all social strata of Greek society, but it was most needed in soldiers and travelers. Sometimes also called a military cloak, with a wreath was part of the insignia of the Greek strategist. In the Roman Empire Mantle came already as one of the elements of the imperial vestments. In Kievan Rus analogue Mantle played korzno.
Smock
Smock - outerwear men of ancient Greece - kind of cape rectangular woolen cloth. Jumped on the short side of the neck, closing his left shoulder, leaving the right free, fastened by brooches, later - Agrafa. Appearing in Thessaly and Macedonia in northern Greece, spread throughout all social strata of the Greek ...