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Athenian beaux, consisted of a light gipsey hat, 
perhaps made of straw, tied with ribbands 
under the chin. We noticed the figure of a 
young horseman with one of these hats, who leus - 
seemed, from his appearance in the procession, 
to be a person of distinction, curbing a galloping 
steed ; but the wind had blown the hat from his 
head, and, being held by the ribbands about 
the neck, it hung behind the rider, as if floating 
in the air : the sculptor having evidently availed 
himself of this representation to heighten the 
appearance of action in the groupe, and nothing 
could be more spirited. That this kind of hat 
was considered as a mark of distinction, seems 
to be probable, from the circumstance of its 
being still worn by the Patriarchs of the Greek 
church 2 : it appears upon the head of the Patri- 
arch of Constantinople, as he is represented by a 
wood-cut in the work of Martin Crusius 3 ; but 
perhaps, in the latter instance, it should rather 
be considered as the petasiis*, than the pileus. 
Also, by attending to its appearance upon 
Grecian vases of terra cotta, we may perceive 
that it was worn by no common individuals. 
(2) See Vol. I. of these Travels, Chap. IX. p. 194. Octavo edition. 
(3) Turco- Gratia, p. 106. Basil, 1583. 
(4) Vid. Lipsius de Araphitheat. c. 19. 
