Greek Folklore

Benaki Museum

A woman from Mytilene, Lesbos, wearing traditional garments - 20th century

Mitos project

Traditional dress of Lemnos, Greece

Traditional dresses from Skyros, Greece

Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent wearing the traditional dress of Attica (Amalia Type)

A lesser known fresco from the settlement of Akrotiri, Thera (Santorini) depicting a young priestess (1650BC)

Benaki Museum

Chitons, Peploi, Pallas, Tunics and Himations: Patterns

Large golden girdle with a Herakles's knot, Hellenistic era (3rd cent BC - 5th cent AD)

[Detail] from the traditional dress of Kastelorizo, Greece

[Detail] from the traditional dress of Skopelos, Greece

The Louvre

Engraved asemozonaro ("silver belt") from Eastern Thrace, 19th century

Athens, Greece

Traditional dress of the bride of Thasos, Greece

Asemozonara ("silver belts") from Thrace, 19th century