Tarantinon(79 words)
[German version]
(ταραντῖνον; tarantînon). A light diaphanous luxury garment with fringes, first recorded in literature in the 4th century BC (Men. Epitr. 272); the original place of production was Tarentum (Taras), cf. Poll. 7,76. Hetaerae wore it without undergarments (Aristaen. 1,25, cf. Ael. VH 7,9). In Ath. 14,622b male participants in a Dionysian festal procession wear tarantina.
Barbaron Hyphasmata; Coae Vestes; Fimbriae; Clothing
Hurschmann, Rolf (Hamburg)
Bibliography
U. Mandel, Zum Fransentuch des Typus Colonna, in: MDAI(Ist) 39, 1989, 547-554.
Cite this page
Hurschmann, Rolf (Hamburg),
“Tarantinon”, in:
Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry.
Consulted online on 20 March 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e1200500>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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