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In ancient Greek costume, a tainia ( grc, ταινία; pl: or lat, taenia; pl: ''taeniae'') was a
headband A headband is a clothing accessory worn in the hair or around the forehead, usually to hold hair away from the face or eyes. Headbands generally consist of a loop of elastic material or a horseshoe-shaped piece of flexible plastic or metal. T ...
, ribbon, or fillet. The tainia headband was worn with the traditional ancient Greek costume. The headbands were worn at Greek festivals. The gods also bound their heads with ''tainiai''. Furthermore, cult images, trees, urns, monuments, animal sacrifices and the deceased had ''tainiai'' wound around them. They were later adopted by the Romans."Tainia."
Brill's New Pauly. Brill Online, 2013. Reference. 28 June 2013 A similar type of headband was the ''
diadem A diadem is a type of crown, specifically an ornamental headband worn by monarchs and others as a badge of royalty. Overview The word derives from the Greek διάδημα ''diádēma'', "band" or "fillet", from διαδέω ''diadéō'', " ...
a'', used as a symbol for kings.


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* Fillet (clothing) *
Wreath (attire) A wreath worn for purpose of attire (in English, a "chaplet"; grc, στέφανος, stéfanos, ), is a headdress made of leaves, grasses, flowers or branches. It is typically worn in festive occasions and on holy days and has a long history a ...
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Clothing in ancient Greece Clothing in ancient Greece primarily consisted of the chiton, peplos, himation, and chlamys. Ancient Greek civilians typically wore two pieces of clothing draped about the body: an undergarment ( : chitōn or : péplos) and a cloak ( : himáti ...


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Image of a woman wearing a chiton and a broad taenia
at Perseus Project {{Historical clothing Greek clothing Headgear