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Greek dress

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Abbia, statuette from, 5

Achæans, 5, 13, 15, 16, 17, 102, 105, 108

Achilles, 21; shield of, 20

Acropolis of Athens, 38, 78; archaic statues from, 44, 69, 71, 73-96, 101, 112, 119

Actor’s dress, 71

Ægean islands, 2, 9, 14, 98

Ægina, 39, 41

Ægis, 33, 34, 47

Agamemnon, 17, 28

Alabastron, 125

Alcinous, palace of, 2, 20

Alexander, 111

Amazons, 53, 106, 118

Andromache, 27; head-dress of, 35, 108

Antinous, 31, 32

Aphrodite, 3, 33, 34, 64, 124

Apollo, 26, 80, 94, 109, 110

Apron, 5, 11, 13

Argive women, 40

Aristarchus, 20

Aristophanes, 54, 98, 101, 110, 115, 116, 117, 120, 122, 123

Aristotle, 98, 99

Arsenic, 121

Artemis, Brauronia, 68, 70; in Dresden, 46, 53; of Gabii, 70, 95

Artemisia, 50

Aryballos, 121

Assyria, 7, 8, 99, 117

Athena, 26, 29, 32, 33, 44, 46, 47, 48, 51, 87, 119

Athenians, 39, 40, 41, 42, 53, 57, 58, 59, 63, 65, 73, 74, 86, 91, 98, 116, 120, 126

Barber, 120

Bombycina, 99

Boots, 8, 116, 117, 118, 119

Bottles, 121, 123

Bracelets, 6, 7, 13, 125

Breeches, 6

Briseis, 50

Brooches, 3, 4, 16, 18, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 32, 35, 37, 40, 41, 52, 53, 56, 60, 62, 64, 67, 81, 87, 92, 94, 95, 125

Brygos, 66, 69

Bull-taming, 7, 8

Buttons, 13, 76

Calypso, 27, 33, 34

Carians, 40, 41, 57, 58

Cassandra, 48

Charites, relief of the, 78

Chiton, Homeric, 18, 21, 22, 27, 31, 32, 37; Doric, 51, 52, 53, 60; Ionic, 19, 32, 41, 44, 46, 51, 58, 59-70, 76, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 87, 89, 93, 96, 98

Chitoniscus, 77

Chlamys, 54

Circe, 33

Cloak, 6, 7, 17, 24, 26, 34, 49, 52, 55, 76, 77, 78, 80, 92, 93, 95

Coa, 99

Coæ vestes, 98, 100

Colour, applied to sculpture, 83, 84, 85

Colours, 37, 100, 101

Combs, 123

Corsets, 70

Cos, silk from, 99

Cosmetics, 113, 122

Crete, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 14, 57, 107

Crossbands, 62, 64, 69, 70, 96

Cupbearer of Knossos, 3, 9, 107

Delphi charioteer, 62, 65

Demeter, 106

Dionysus, 69, 117

Doric dress, 39-56, 59; blended with Ionic, 52, 64, 95

Draped type, 15, 17, 38

Dressing-gown type, 15

Ear-rings, 29, 37, 125

Egypt, 9, 98; tomb fresco from, 9

Eirene and Plutus, 45

Eleusis, 49, 72, 78

Embroidery, 31, 32, 38, 61, 89, 100, 102, 103

Ephebi, 55, 110

Etruscans, 10

Euphronius, 79

Eustathius, 70

Euxitheos, 50, 62

False hair, 123

Fibulæ, 3, 4, 5, 13

Fillets, 108, 110, 111, 112, 122

Flounces, 3, 12, 14, 96

Footgear, 7, 115-119

Frills, 76, 80, 82, 86, 90, 91, 92, 94, 95

Fringes, 12, 29, 33

Fustanella, 78

Girdles, 5, 11, 16, 19, 22, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 43, 44, 45, 46, 50, 53, 62, 63, 70, 77, 79, 80, 81, 87, 122

Gold, 29, 31, 33, 34, 100, 112, 119, 125

Hair nets, 36, 37, 108, 113

Hair-pins, 123, 125

Hats, 11, 12, 111, 113

Head-dress, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 28, 36, 37, 107-114

Hector, 3, 28, 35

Helen, 27, 35, 102

Hellanicus of Lesbos, 10

Helmets, 8, 9, 28, 107

Hephaistos, 52, 111

Hera, 29, 33, 37, 66, 112

Hermes, 118

Herodotus, 39, 41, 42, 48, 57, 58, 59, 64, 96, 98, 103, 108, 117

Hieron, 49, 60, 65, 106

Himation, Homeric, 24, 25; Doric, 48-52, 54, 95; Ionic, 52, 69, 71, 73-96

Hittites, 7

Homeric civilization, 2

Homeric dress, 4, 15-38

Homeric house, 4

Iliad, 3, 8, 17, 20, 21, 22, 25, 27, 28, 29, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 102, 108, 109

India, 98

Ionians, 19, 57, 58, 59, 65, 98, 126

Ionic dress, 40, 42, 51, 57-72, 73-96

Jacket type, 3, 11, 12, 13, 15

Jewellery, 122, 125

Kefts, 9

Kerchief, 36, 38, 113

Kertch, fragments of fabrics from, 97, 103, 105, 106; jewellery from, 125

Kimono, 12

Knossos, 2, 3, 5, 10, 11, 12, 16, 38, 107

Kolpos, 44, 52, 60, 63, 70, 80, 88

Laertes, 18; shroud of, 17, 27

Leather, 8, 9, 21, 28, 33, 97, 98, 116, 117

Lekythos, 121, 125

Linen, 11, 12, 19, 20, 21, 22, 27, 35, 40, 41, 58, 59, 60, 70, 88, 97, 98

Materials, 19, 60, 70, 75, 79, 88, 97-99, 100, 105

Mausoleum, 51, 53

Mausolus, 50

Medici collar, 12

Menelaus, 17, 28

Men’s dress, pre-Hellenic, 5-10; Homeric, 17-28; Doric, 52-56; Ionic, 58-72

Minoan art, 13, 15

Mirrors, 123, 124

Modern Greeks, 7, 38

Mourning, 37, 101

Mycenæan dress, 3, 7, 107

Mycenæan remains, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 13, 15, 28, 37, 107

Mycone, 14

Nausicaa, 35

Necklaces, 6, 7, 37, 125

Nereids, 64, 87

Nike, 48, 103

Obi, 12

Odysseus, 23; house of, 2

Odyssey, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37

Oil-flasks, 121

Ointments, 121

Olive-oil, 121, 123

Open Doric dress, 31, 44, 46

Ornamentation, 101-106

Overfold, 30, 33, 44, 45, 46, 48, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 80, 82, 85, 87, 88, 89, 94, 96

Pæonius, 47

Paris, 28, 32

Parthenon, 45, 47, 51, 55, 64, 65, 95

Patroclus, funeral of, 21

Patterns, 11, 32, 33, 61, 75, 77, 83, 88, 89, 96, 100-106, 112

Pausanias, 53, 98, 99, 110

Pelasgians, 10, 58

Penelope, 31, 32, 34

Peplos, 3, 28-33, 44, 48, 51, 52, 63, 69, 80, 81, 82, 87, 96; of Athena, 46, 47

Perfume, 123

Pergamon, 47

Persephone, 48

Petasos, 111, 114, 117

Petsofa, terra-cottas from, 6, 11, 12, 13, 14

Pheidias, 46, 47, 102, 119

Phœnicians, 9, 57

Pigments, 104, 122, 123

Pins, 16, 18, 28, 29, 30, 35, 43, 45

Plaits, 110

Plato, 115

Pollux, 46, 52, 59, 96, 100, 101, 116, 118, 123

Poseidon, 37, 38, 54

Powder, 113, 122

Pre-Hellenic dress, 1-14, 15, 23, 38, 107

Pyxis, 124

Razors, 120, 121

Red ochre, 122

Rouge, 122, 123

Rings, 4, 109, 125

Sandals, 17, 28, 29, 37, 116, 118, 119, 122

Sash, 12

Scarf, 37, 76, 87, 93, 112

Scissors, 65, 120

Scraper, 120

Seaweed, rouge prepared from, 123

Sericum, 99

Sewn garments, 12, 18, 31, 52, 60, 64, 66, 67, 87, 91, 96, 97

Shoes, 7, 10, 115, 116, 117, 119

Silk, 88, 97, 98, 99

Silkworm, 99

Skins, 17, 27

Skirt, 3, 11, 12, 13, 83, 88

Sleeves, 6, 11, 32, 53, 60, 61, 62, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 71, 87

Slippers, 116, 118

Snake-goddess, 11, 107

Snood, 113

Socrates, 53, 115

Solon, 41, 42, 59, 93

Spartans, 53

Strigil, 121

Sulphuret of antimony, 123

Sumptuary laws, 41, 59, 93

Survivals, 8, 13

Tanagra statuettes, 49, 114

Theocritus, 98, 114, 115, 118, 119

Thessaly, 111, 114

Thessalian cloak, 54

Thetis, 34, 37

Thrace, 54, 111, 116, 117

Thucydides, 42, 57, 58, 59, 109

Tiryns, wall-painting from, 7

Toilet, 120-125

Toilet-boxes, 123, 124

Toilet scenes on vases, 121, 122, 125

Trojans, 15, 16, 102, 105

Tunic, 6, 7, 17

Turks, 7

Unguents, 123

Vaphio cups, 7

Veil, 29, 34, 35, 36, 37, 48

Velletri, Athena of, 51

Victory, 47, 92

Waistcloth, 5, 6, 10, 22, 23

White lead, 122, 123

Wigs, 123

Women’s dress, pre-Hellenic, 10-14; Homeric, 28-38; Doric, 39-52; Ionic, 57-96

Woollen garments, 24, 25, 26, 27, 51, 60, 97, 98, 105

Xenophon, 113, 116, 122

Xoana, 86

Zeus, 29, 32, 44, 69, 102

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