Perizoma (loincloth)

Perizoma (Greek περίζωμα, plural; perizomata) is a type of loincloth that was worn in Ancient Greece.

[1] Homer references the perizoma in his epic, The Illiad underscoring its role in ancient Greek dress.

Surviving depictions show it being worn by male and female acrobats (for example, in the Bull-Leaping Fresco).

[6] Aachen Cathedral claims to have the actual relic of the perizoma, preserved inside the Marienschrein reliquary.

[7] The word perizoma is derived from peri "around, about" and zoma "loin-cloth, drawers, band, belt"