Greek Dress: A Study Of The Costumes Worn In Ancient Greece, From The Pre-Hellenic Times To The Hellenistic Era

by Ethel Beatrice Abrahams

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Genres: Nonfiction

236 pages, Paperback

First published September 12, 2013

Reviews

[Monty Milne]

If you want to know the difference between a chiton and a peplos, this is the place to go. Now I know exactly how to fold up a white sheet so I look like Clytemnestra when I'm having friends round for some cross-dressing theatricals! Though I did get a bit lost with some of the complex diagrams showing exactly how the folds should go - origami would be easier than folding some of these garments, one senses. Military clothing is not covered - the focus is far more on female costume than on male, but given that males wore far less (and often nothing at all), that is only to be expected.

I read this by downloading the kindle version, with images, from Project Gutenberg, and it is one of the best-prepared books I have downloaded from that site. The layout is done very carefully so there is no missing text, and the many excellent illustrations come out surprisingly well, and are intelligently positioned. The author does not assume knowledge of Greek, and although she makes extensive use of the Greek language, chunks of text are always helpfully translated. Unusually for many kindle publications, the Greek text is also reproduced very clearly and accurately.