Candys
κάνδυς
Candys (κάνδυς), a gown worn by the
Medes and Persians over their trowsers and other garments (Xen. Cyr. 1.3, § 2; Anab. 1.5, § 8; Diod. 17.77). It had wide sleeves, and was made of woollen cloth, which was either purple or of some other splendid colour. In the Persepolitan sculptures, nearly all the principal personages are clothed in it. The three shown above are taken from Sir R. K. Porter's Travels (vol. i. pl. 94).
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.