The Greek Gods

The costumes of the Greek gods can be compared to the clothing 9of the Greeks themselves since the Greeks are the ones who came up with the stories of the Greek gods so it makes sense that they would be the ones to dress them, or in some cases left them naked or partially nude. When you see a painting, statue or bust of a Greek god, they are often nude or have loose colorful, fabrics draped over them.

It is written that the Greeks wore light, loose clothing because the weather was very warm most of the year. The main piece of clothing for a man was a tunic, which was called a chiton. These consisted of large pieces of square cloth which was held in place with pins at the shoulders. A belt was then added around the waist. These tunics were made of linen in the summer and of wool in the winter. The women also wore these also but theirs went to the ankles. Their square pieces of cloth were also pinned together in various places to hold them on.

The wealthy Greeks wore the colored tunics and the poor wore the plain ones. The wealthy bought their tunics or cloth in the marketplace. Most of the clothes were made by the women and female slaves. The people wore cloaks during the winter season. Most of the Greeks went barefoot but if they needed shoes, they wore leather sandals or boots.

The hair of the Greeks was made into carefully designed styles. The hair was curled and held in place with scented wax and lotions. The women had long hair which they braids and arranged it on top of their heads, or wore ponytails, or headbands made from ribbons or metal.

Some of the colors of material the Greeks used during the early periods were, greens, indigo, yellow, dark red, and dark purple. The most frequently used material was wool and it could be from very fine woven to a very coarse woven material. The finely woven wool was a very soft fabric. Since their were many sheep in the country, there was access to a lot of wool. Some of the designs used on the fabric was ivy, water leaf, laurel, or squares of vegetable forms. In the sixth century there was a garment known as the doric chiton and also one known as the ionic chiton. These garments may be seen in white, brown, black, crimson, died scarlet, or purple.

It makes sense that the Greek gods and goddesses would appear in the same style of Greek clothes if they were clothed at all. You can see replicas of many statues and paintings of the Greek gods and goddesses and they are clothed in the styles of clothes that the ancient Greeks wore.