Toga
From Hope's "Costume of the Ancients." The material of the toga was wool, in the earlier time and for the common people; afterwards silk and other materials were used, coloured or bordered according to the `rank` or station of the wearer.
Hunifer
Priest
The illustration shows a priest wearing nothing but a loin cloth and a leopard skin.
Greek Figure
Greek Figure
From Hope's "Costume of the Ancients." With the Greeks the tunic was the principal article of attire. It was worn next to the skin, and was of a light tissue. In the earlier time it was composed of wool, in later periods of flax, and in the latest periods it was either of flax mixed with silk or of pure silk. The illustration given will serve to show its construction. It was a simple square bag, open at the two ends, made sufficiently wide to admit of the folds being ample, and sufficiently long to allow of its being gathered up about the waist and breasts. It was kept in its place by various means, either by a simple girdle round the waist or by cords drawn crosswise between the breasts, over the shoulders, looped at the back, and again drawn round the waist, or by an arrangement of cords or ribbons drawn over each shoulder and attached to the girdle.
From the François Vase
From the François Vase
Women’s Head-dress
Women’s Head-dress
Vase-painting by Euxitheos
Vase-painting by Euxitheos
Vase-painting
Vase-painting
Vase-painting from Lucania
Vase-painting from Lucania
The Chlamys and Petasos
The Chlamys and Petasos
Vase-painting in the Polygnotan Style
Vase-painting in the Polygnotan Style
Vase-painting by Hieron
Vase-painting by Hieron
Vase-painting by Falerii
Vase-painting by Falerii
Vase-painting—Ionic Dress
Vase-painting—Ionic Dress
Snake Goddess and Votary
The snake goddess and her votary from Knossos have, in addition, a kind of apron reaching almost to the knees in front and behind, and rising to the hips at the sides. The costume is completed by the addition of a high hat or turban. Looking at the snake goddess more in detail, we find that the jacket is cut away into a V-shape from the neck to the waist, leaving both the breasts quite bare; the two edges are laced across below the breast, the laces being fastened in a series of bows. The jacket is covered with an elaborate volute pattern, the apron with spots and bordered with a “guilloche.”
The Doric Himation
The Doric Himation
Vase-painting by Brygos
Vase-painting by Brygos
Vase-painting by Euphronios
Vase-painting by Euphronios
Men’s Head-dress—Archaic
Men’s Head-dress—Archaic
Vase-painting—Dress with two Overfold
Vase-painting—Dress with two Overfold