The χλαῖνα was used not only as an article of dress, but also as a blanket to sleep under;[35] as a rug to cover couches and seats;[36] a constant epithet is οὔλη, so that its material was evidently woollen; and the adjectives ἀλεξάνεμος and ἀνεμοσκεπής, “warding off winds,” show that it was worn for warmth, as a protection against cold winds.[37] It was thrown off for exercise or when speed in running was required.[38] The style in which the χλαῖνα was worn varied somewhat; the verbs regularly used for the act of putting it on are ἀμφιβάλλω and ἀμφιέννυμι, “to throw round”; περιβάλλω also occurs, and sometimes it is described as being placed ἐπ᾽ ὤμοισι, “upon the shoulders”; for taking it off, ἀποβάλλω and ἀποτίθημι are used, and in one case ἐκδύνω occurs, though this word should more correctly be applied to the χιτών. The constant use of ἀμφί, “around,” shows that the χλαῖνα was not a garment which was drawn on over the head, like the χιτών, but was a square or rectangular piece of material wrapped round the figure or laid over the shoulders. We read in Homer of the χλαῖνα ἁπλοΐς, “single cloak,” and the χλαῖνα διπλῆ, “double cloak”; the former expression must mean a cloak worn single, without being folded over; such a garment might possibly be put on as the himation was in later time, one end being laid on the shoulder, so that the mass of the material hung down towards the back; this mass of material would then be drawn across the back under the arm which was then left exposed, and across the chest, and the end would be thrown over the shoulder towards the back. The garment could easily be drawn up so as to cover both arms if the temperature required greater warmth, or it might be worn over both shoulders like a shawl, without being doubled, and the frequent mention of the shoulders in connection with the χλαῖνα seem to point to this style as the most common.[39] The χλαῖνα διπλῆ is mentioned twice in Homer—once in the _Iliad_ and once in the _Odyssey_; in both cases it is described as being fastened with a brooch: ἀμφὶ δ᾽ ἄρα χλαῖναν περονήσατο φοινικόεσσαν διπλῆν ἐκταδίην. [_Iliad_, x., 133.] “And about him he fastened a purple cloak, doubled, with no folds.” χλαῖναν πορφυρέην οὐλὴν ἔχε δῖος Ὀδυσσεύς, διπλῆν· αὐτὰρ οἱ περόνη χρυσοῖο τέτυκτο αὐλοῖσιν διδύμοισι. [_Odyssey_, xix., 225.] “Goodly Odysseus had a purple cloak, woollen and doubled; and it had a brooch wrought of gold, with a double groove for the pins.” [35] _Odyssey_, iii., 349. [36] _Ibid._, xvii., 86. [37] _Ibid._, xiv., 522. [38] _Iliad_, ii., 183. [39] See Fig. 7 (_a_), where the second figure from the right is represented wearing only the χλαῖνα ἁπλοΐς.