different material behind, we are reduced to the opinion which, in view of similar developments in the dress of a later period, is not improbable--that this upper part was sometimes quite separate from the chiton, and was put on as a special garment. [Illustration: FIG. 13.] With this costume we sometimes find an over garment, which must not, however, be confused with the himation. This is worn over the chiton, but fastened in by the girdle also, and is usually open on one side. (Compare Fig. 15.) This upper garment, which usually is only seen below the girdle, is sometimes made of the same material as the bib, sometimes of a different one, but it usually differs in colour and pattern from the garment worn under it. It is not very evident from the vase pictures how this was put on, but it seems to have been draped and not sewn, and worn over the chiton for more elaborate dress, and fastened together with it by means of the girdle. [Illustration: FIG. 14.] With this antique costume the himation was worn as a cloak, which, both in its shape and in the mode of wearing, corresponded absolutely to the large himation worn by men; like this, it specially covered the back and fell over the arms in two points. There is, however, this distinction between the male and female costume, that the women often drew this cloak up so high as to cover the back of the head (compare Fig. 1), a fashion which also continued in later times. The change which we see gradually produced in this costume on works of art has been often regarded as a real change in the fashion, but was probably [Illustration: T. III PL. XXXVI D. FIG. 15.]