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ANCIENT GREECE
(2800BC��300BC)
ZHU JIA

background
? The first people to occupied Greece was
Minoan
? 2 Strands of Greek Archaic Culture:
Dorian & Ionian
? The Greece developed the individual
achievement
? They believed that a failure to do honor to any
part of nature could lead to destruction

Background
? Great ancient Greek civilization
?Literature
?Drama
?Sculpture
?Architecture
?philosophy

Background
? Literature:
o Created text: Phoenician letters
o Homeric: The irreplaceable status in the history of
Western literature and the greatest historical epic
have not only made great contributions to the
literature, but have provided many valuable things
in history, geography, archeology and folklore

Background
? Literature:
o Homeric: The irreplaceable
status in the history of Western
literature and the greatest
historical epic have not only
made great contributions to the
literature, but have provided
many valuable things in history,
geography, archeology

Background
? 2 main civilizations
�C Minoan Civilization
�C Mycenae Civilization

Background
? Minoan Civilization:
�C 2 classes of society: ��
ruling class & common people
�C Women were equal to men: participated in public
festival (sports, athletics)
�C Major figure in the religion: Mother Goddess

Background
? Mycenae Civilization:
�C Lesser Nobility
�C Large group of lower class (Craftsmen, peasants,
shepherds)

Background
? Olympic games :
�C 776 BC: �� 1st Olympic games
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Garment
? For men and women:
�C Chiton:
? Set with different variations

Garment
�CHimation:
? A rectangular fabric, large enough to
wrap the body
? Various methods of draping himation
? Mostly over a chiton

Garment
�CPerizoma
? A term for loincloth for athletes

Garment
�C Diplax
? A small rectangular fabric, worn by women
? Worn over chiton
? Draped like Himation

Garment
�C Chlamydon
? A complicated form of women diplax
? The fabric was pleated into a fabric band

Garment
�C Cloaks & Capes
? Chlamys:
�C Rectangular cloak
�C Made of leather or wool
�C Pinned over the left shoulder

Textile
? linen:
�C Mostly imported from Middle East & Egypt
? Silk
�C Made from fabrics from China
�C They combined silk fiber with linen fiber
? Cotton
�C Couldn��t be grown in Greece because of the
climate

Textile
? Most of the garment made of wool and linen
? Fabric coloring: from plants, minerals, and
shellfish
? Pleating fabrics was developed
? Greek costume was draped

Jewelry & Accessory
? Head dressing:
�C Men: ��
? fitted caps �C worn with chlamys & in the summer
? Phrygian bonnets: brimless caps with a high padded
peak that fell forward
? Pilos (men & women): a narrow-brimmed/brimless hat
with pointed crown
�C Women:
? Fillets, ribbons, scarves, caps, veils, pilos.

Jewelry & Accessory
? Footwear:
�C Sandals: for men and women
�C Fitted shoes: ankle high/mid calf high;
worn by men
? Jewelry (for women)
�C Necklaces, pins, earrings rings, brooches
& fibule

Hair style & Make up
? Hair:
�C Men
? Archaic period:
�C long or medium length
�C Had beards
? Classical period:
�C Young men: short hair & no beards
�C Older men: longer hair & beards

Hair style & Make up
? Hair:
�C Women
? Archaic period:
�C long and curly, with small curls arranged around the
face
? Classical period:
�C Pulled into a knot or chignon at the back of the head

Assignment
? Review vocabulary
? Find 5 pictures of ancient period
garment, and 5 pictures of our day
fashion designer��s work which
influenced by ancient period garment
that you found

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