Tainia (costume)
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Coin of Perseus of Macedon wearing a "taenia" or "diadema" headband.
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A Pompeian woman wearing a taenia girdle.
Tainia (Ancient Greek: ταινία; pl: ταινίες or Latin: taenia; pl: taeniae or taenias) is a word meaning "band", "ribbon", or "fillet".
It was used to designate the headband worn with the traditional ancient Greek costume. The headbands were worn at Greek festivals.[1] Even the gods bound their heads with tainiai.[2] Furthermore, cult images,[3] trees,[4] urns, monuments, animal sacrifices and the deceased[5] had tainiai wound around them. They were later adopted by the Romans.[6] A similar type of headband was the diadema, used as a symbol for kings.
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External links
The dictionary definition of taenia at Wiktionary
- Image of a woman wearing a chiton and a broad taenia at Perseus Project
