 The "coraplasters", or sculptors of the models that provided the molds, delighted in revealing the body under the folds of a "himation" thrown round the shoulders like a cloak and covering the head, over a "chiton", and the movements of such drapery in action.Tanagra was an unimportant city in antiquity.The city had come to the attention of historians and archeologists during the early 19th century after war broke out between the Turks and their allies, the British and the French, following a warning of a French invasion.