Peplos
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A peplos is a body-length garment established as typical attire for women in ancient Greece by c. 500 BC, during the late Archaic and Classical period. The peplos was a rectangular piece of woollen cl
The Mourning Athena relief with Athena wearing a peplos, c. 460 BC
The Panathenaea peplos, from the Parthenon frieze
The Peplos Kore, colour reconstruction of statue of c. 530 BC
Athena wearing a luxurious peplos, one that uses a lot of fabric, fifth century BC
Chiton (garment)
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A chiton is a form of tunic that fastens at the shoulder, worn by men and women of ancient Greece and Rome. There are two forms of chiton: the Doric and the later Ionic. According to Herodotus, popula
Peplos
…were worn by women in many periods such as the archaic, early classical, and classical periods of ancient Greece. It may be compared with the Ionic chiton, which was a piece of fabric folded over and sewn together along the longer side to form a tube. Spartan women continued to wear the peplos much later…
Charioteer of Delphi in an Ionic chiton
Belting of the charioteer (front view above)
Two women wearing simple chiton poderes, without a belt or apoptygma (overfold). As they are not wearing himations, these are monochitons
This statuette of a Laconian shows a short oneshouldered chiton.