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on the shoulder with clasps - this with the round button on the sleeve was almost the only ornament on the greek tunic
The Dorian tunic was attached on the shoulders with buttons this was the most ancient in use in Greece and was always made without sleeves thus differing from the Ionic tunic
The Lacdemonians and red tunics in time of war rendering blood less perceptible - 
Worn next the skin, those of the wealthy generally white; but other colours occasionally used
The poorer classe, common soldiers & slaves had them of a redish hue
The tunic fastened by the cincture descended to the knee in the court habit of men, and even as low as the heels on women - Soldiers and travellers turned it up so as not to incommode their motion by falling as low as the thigh
At first modest women wore their tunics so low down & so high up that it was scarcely possible to see more than their faces finally the throat & ancles were left bare and at length even the sleeves were not decor, but from the shoulder to the wrist fastened with silver clasps in such a manner that one full side of the tunic rested on the left shoulder the other side falling negligently over the left superior part of the right arm
The sleeves of this garment ordinarily 

Transcription Notes:
Lacedaemonians is spelled incorrectly above. reddish - misspelled above ankles - misspelled as ancles