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Cestus (Ancient Greek: Κεστός, romanized: Kestos), in a general sense meant, for ancient Greeks and Romans, any band or tie.[1]
However, it was more frequently used to refer to:
The Girdle of Aphrodite[1]
Boxing gloves used by ancient Greeks and Romans, also written Caestus[1]
A girdle or belt worn by women in ancient Greece
A marriage girdle, given by a newly married wife to her husband[2]
^ abcA dictionary of Roman and Greek antiquities with nearly 2000 engravings on wood from ancient originals illustrative of the industrial arts and social life of the Greeks and Romans, pp. 148-149
^A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, pp. 234-235
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