Kolpos Kolpos The kolpos (Greek: κόλποις κόλπον κόλπῳ, a gulf, bay or creek) is the "blousing" of a peplos, chiton or tunic in Ancient Greek clothing, whereby excess length of the material hangs folded over a zone (a narrow girdle). The fabric of the garment was typically cut longer than the shoulder-to-floor measurement of the women or man wearing it. The excess length was dealt with at the waist (creating the kolpos) and optionally the top edge (creating the apoptygma). To create the kolpos, a zone was tied around the body below the breast (high-girdled) or at the waist (low-girdled) and
Stratioti Stratioti The Stratioti or stradioti (, , ) were mercenary units from the Balkans recruited mainly by states of southern and central Europe from the 15th century until the middle of the 18th century. The Greek term "stratiotis/-ai" (στρατιώτης/-αι) was in use since classical antiquity with the sense of "soldier". The same word was used continuously in the Roman and Byzantine period. The Italian term "stradioti" could therefore be a loan from the Greek word "stratiotai" (Greek: στρατιώται), i.e. "soldiers". Alternatively, it derives from the Italian word "strada" ("street"), meaning "wayfarer". The Albanian stradioti of Venice were also called "cappelletti"