A sleeveless outer garment or tunic worn in ancient Greece, typically by workers and athletes.
From Greek 'exomis,' literally 'without a shoulder' (ex- 'without' + 'omos' 'shoulder'), this garment was practical clothing that left one shoulder and arm free for labor or athletic activity.
Imagine a toga but way more practical—the exomis was the ancient Greek version of workwear, leaving one arm completely free for wrestling or hauling cargo. It tells us that ancient people thought just as carefully about functional clothing as we do today.
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