Clothing in ancient Greece
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Clothing in ancient Greece refers to clothing starting from the Aegean bronze age to the Hellenistic period. Clothing in ancient Greece included a wide variety of styles but primarily consisted of the
Charioteer of Delphi wearing a tite.
Greek travelling costume, incorporating a chiton, a chlamys, sandals, and a petasos hat hanging in the back
Statue of a youth wearing a chlamys. Pentelic marble, late 1st century BC - early 1st century AD. Found in Athens, probably a funerary statue. NAMA 4476.
Statues at the "House of Cleopatra" in Delos, Greece. Man and woman wearing the himation
Kolpos
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The kolpos is the blousing of a peplos, chiton, or tunic in Ancient Greek clothing, whereby excess length of the material hangs folded over a zone.
A statue wearing a peplos. The kolpos is visible as a fold over the hip, underneath the apoptygma (top edge of the peplos) hanging down almost to the same length.
