Ancient Greek cult garments and priestly dress (c. 800–31 BCE)

1. Early Iron Age sanctuaries expand textile dedications

   Jan 1, 800 BCELabels: Early Iron, Textile offerings

   • Br ns preview
   • Britannica

2. Cult of Hera well established by 600 BCE

   Jan 1, 600 BCELabels: Cult of, Olympia

   • Heraean Games

3. Panathenaic prize amphora tradition begins in Athens

   Jan 1, 560 BCELabels: Panathenaic festival, Athens

   • Burgon Vase

4. Chalkeia starts weaving Athena’s festival peplos

   Jan 1, 550 BCELabels: Chalkeia festival, Peplos weaving

   • Chalceia

5. Panathenaea presents the peplos to Athena

   Jan 1, 500 BCELabels: Panathenaea, Peplos presentation

   • NAM Greece
   • Parthenon Frieze

6. Parthenon frieze depicts peplos handover ceremony

   Jan 1, 440 BCELabels: Parthenon frieze, Panathenaic procession

   • Parthenon Frieze

7. Late 5th century adopts some “Eastern” luxury outerwear

   Jan 1, 425 BCELabels: Eastern-influenced dress, Ependytes

   • Ependytes

8. Arkteia at Brauron uses saffron ritual dress

   Jan 1, 420 BCELabels: Arkteia, Brauron

   • Brauron Cult

9. Textiles and dress-fasteners listed in sanctuary inventories

   Jan 1, 400 BCELabels: Sanctuary inventories, Textile records

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10. Delphi’s Pythia described with veil and white dress

    Jan 1, 100 BCELabels: Pythia, Delphi

    • Pythia

11. Fillets (tainiai) mark sacred objects and festival participants

    Jan 1, 100 BCELabels: Tainiai, Festival accessories

    • Tainia

12. Roman conquest ends Hellenistic independence in Greece

    Sep 2, 31 BCELabels: Roman conquest, Actium 31

    • Actium