Tainia (costume)

: taeniae) was a headband, ribbon, or fillet.

The tainia headband was worn with the traditional ancient Greek costume.

The headbands were worn at Greek festivals.

[2] Furthermore, cult images,[3] trees,[4] urns, monuments, animal sacrifices and the deceased[5] had tainiai wound around them.

[6] A similar type of headband was the diadema, used as a symbol for kings.