Usually means: Frontal headband in ancient Greece.
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▸ noun:  A woman's headband (sometimes of metal), for binding the front hair in Ancient Greece.

Similar:
opisthosphendone, anadem, Grecian knot, sphendone, headband, head band, taenia, hairband, headcloth, frontlet, more...

Opposite:
noctilucent, crepuscular, vespertine

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Similar:
opisthosphendone, anadem, Grecian knot, sphendone, headband, head band, taenia, hairband, headcloth, frontlet, more...

Opposite:
noctilucent, crepuscular, vespertine



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