chest-pads

Updated: May 2, 2025

His high boots raise him up out of all proportion; his head is hidden under an enormous mask; his huge mouth gapes upon the audience as if he would swallow them; to say nothing of the chest-pads and stomach-pads with which he contrives to give himself an artificial corpulence, lest his deficiency in this respect should emphasize his disproportionate height.

of Samosata Lucian - Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02