Greek Folklore

Traditional dress from Siphnos

archaeology is truly fascinating

Akrotiri, Thera, Greece

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