As the peplus was open at the sides, the girdle was the second most important article of feminine attire. This was frequently of gold, as in Calypso's case, and adorned with tassels, as was Hera's girdle with its hundred tassels "of pure gold, all deftly woven, and each one worth an hundred oxen." But the girdle of girdles was the magic cestus of golden Aphrodite, which Hera borrowed in order to captivate Zeus. The tightened girdle made the dress full over the bosom, so that the epithet "deep-bosomed"--that is, with full, swelling bosom--became frequent. Another characteristic article of dress was the _kredemnon_, a kind of veil, of linen or of silk, in color generally white, though at times dark blue. It was worn over the head, and allowed to fall down the back and the sides of the head, leaving the face uncovered. There was no garment, like a cloak, to be worn over the peplus. For freer movement women would cast off the mantle-like _kredemnon_, which answered all the purposes of a shawl. Thus Nausicaa and her companions, when preparing for the game of ball, "cast off their tires and began the song," and Hecuba, in her violent grief, "tore her hair and cast from her the shining veil." There were also metal ornaments for the head, the _stephane_, or coronal, and the _ampyx_, a headband or frontlet. The _kekryphalos_ was probably a caplike net, bound by a woven band; Andromache "shook off from her head the bright attire thereof, the net, and woven band." Other feminine ornaments were: the _isthmion_, a necklace, fitting close to the neck; the _hormos_, a long chain, sometimes of gold and amber, hanging from the nape of the neck over the breast; and _peronae_, or brooches, and ear-rings of various shapes, either globular, spiral, or in the form of a cup, Helen, for example, "set ear-rings in her pierced ear, ear-rings of three drops and glistening; therefrom shone grace abundant." To embrace in one general description these various articles of feminine attire, "we may think of Helen as arrayed in a colored peplus, richly embroidered and perfumed, the corners of which were drawn tightly over the shoulders and fastened together by the _perone_. The waist was closely encircled by the zone, which was, no doubt, of rich material and design. Over her bosom hung the _hormos_ of dark red amber set in gold. Her hair hung down in artificial plaits, and on her head was the high, stiff _kekryphalos_, of which we have spoken above, bound in the middle by the _plekte anadesme_. Over the forehead was the shining _ampyx_, or tiara, of gold; and from the top of the head fell the _kredemnon_, or veil, over the shoulders and back, affording a quiet foil to the glitter of gold and jewels."