Scatter Brained

AND BE MERRY . . .
To-GA! To-GA! The hedonistic toga party was invented by frat-
boy Greeks, not people-living-in-Greece Greeks. In fact, ancient

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Greeks wore himations, a direct ancestor of the Roman toga. But 
as it turns out most toga party “togas” look a lot more like hima-
tions than togas. The toga was semicircular, whereas himations, 
like the bed sheets generally used these days, were rectangular. 
But a himation party wouldn’t be quite so much fun: Plato claimed 
that a gentleman should never extend his arm outside his hima-
tion, making both groping and beer-guzzling diffi cult.