Note 450 — Chapter I · CONSTANTINOPLE IN THE SIXTH CENTURY[3] (continued 2)
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Chrysostom, In Matth. Hom. vii, 5 (in Migne, vii, 79); cf. Cod., V, xxii, 9. A trick, doubtless, to evade the law, which forbade absolute nakedness on the stage; Procop., Anecdot., ix.