4 CONSTANTINOPLE. 
CHAP, the loose flowing habits with long sleeves, worn 
' by the natives * ; even in the practice of con- 
cealing the features of the women*; and, 
above all, in the remarkable ceremonies and 
observances of the public baths ; we behold 
those customs and appearances which charac- 
terized the antient cities of the Greeks. Such, 
as far as inanimate objects are concerned, is 
the picture presented by the interesting ruins 
of Herculaneum, Pompeii, and Slahice \ With 
(1) Herndotus, speaking of the Persians, mentions their garments with 
long sleeves : and we learn from Xenophon, that Cyrus ordered two 
persons to be put to death, who appeared in his presence with their hands 
uncovered. 
(2) " Dicaarchus, describing the dress of the women of Thebes, says, 
that their eyes only are seen : tlie other parts of their faces are covered by 
their garments." B/«j "EXX«S«;. IVa/pole's MS. Journal. 
(3) " Tlie city of Constantinople, in its existing state, presents some 
of those monuments and works of art, which adorned it at the end of the 
fourteenth centurj'. They are alluded to in one of the epistles of Manuel 
Chrysoloras ; from which I have extracted the following passages. In 
the first, we have the veiy form of the modem bazar. ' I omit,' says he, 
' the covered and inclosed walks,, formerly seen traversing the lohole city, 
tn suck a manner that yon night pass through it luithoiit being incon- 
venienced by the mud, or rays of the sun.' 'Ea Ti trxi'^Tac-ous xai (p^Krtiuf 
^l^ifiovi oia, ■rartt; veaTi T-J; "ffiXna; 'Biixvv/u.inav;, u(m \%%7vxt avtv ttiXoZ Kail 
axTTvof trairav ^iiuxt. In the second, he mentions the cisterns, which are 
still to be seen, supported by granite columns and marble pillars. They 
were built by Constantine and Philoxenus. ' / omit also the number of 
' pillars and arches in the cisterns.' Kai to vXriim tZv iv avTuTi y.iitot xa) 
a-^i^av. In the next, the baths are described, which appear to have been 
as numerous then in Constantinople, as now. ' £ut why should I speak 
' concerning the baths ; the nutaber of which, were I to relate it, would be 
' incredible s" T/ oe srsg) XoutoZii av Xiyot/ii' a» ro Irvootu/iivtt s> euirr, ytnafcii 
fr?,r.hc amtnlrat ;" Walpols's MS. Journal. 
