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Ancient greece clothing

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Clothing in ancient Greece refers to clothing starting from the Aegean bronze age to the Hellenistic period.[1] Clothing in ancient Greece included a wide variety of styles but primarily consisted of the chiton, peplos, himation, and chlamys.[2] Ancient Greek civilians typically wore two pieces of clothing draped about the body: an undergarment and a cloak .[3] The people of ancient Greece had many factors (political, economic, social, and cultural) that determined what they wore and when they wore it.[2]

Clothes were quite simple, draped, loose-fitting and free-flowing.[4] Customarily, clothing was homemade and cut to various lengths of rectangular linen or wool fabric with minimal cutting or sewing, and secured with ornamental clasps or pins, and a belt, or girdle .[5] Pieces were generally interchangeable between men and women.[6] However, women usually wore their robes to their ankles while men generally wore theirs to their knees depending on the occasion and circumstance.[7] Additionally, clothing often served many purposes than just being used as clothes such as bedding or a shroud.[8]

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