Appearing by the middle of the 6th century B.C.E., the Ionic chiton is a notable combination of Greek and Eastern influences and can be seen as yet another example of the influence of the ...

In Ancient Greece, both men and women typically wore tunics—like the peplos or chiton—paired with a cloak called a himation. The peplos was a large wool rectangle folded at the top, pinned at ...

Learn about Greek family-life, fashion and food in this BBC Bitesize year 5/6 history guide. ... A Greek woman wore a long tunic called a chiton. This was made from a piece of cotton or linen.

A Greek scholar says he has identified a sacred tunic once worn by Alexander the Great and interred in a royal tomb more than 2,000 years ago. Found at Vergina, 300km north of Athens, the pieces ...

That included a purple chiton, or tunic. The claim challenges the work of one Greece’s most renowned archaeologists, Manolis Andronicos, who led the discovery of the tomb in 1977 . Mr.