Classical Greek dress and its transformation in the Hellenistic period (c. 800–31 BCE)

1. Peplos emerges in early Iron Age art

   Jan 1, 1050 BCELabels: Peplos, Fibulae

   • CU Boulder

2. Chiton becomes standard tunic across periods

   Jan 1, 750 BCELabels: Chiton

   • Britannica
   • Met Museum

3. Himation popularized as primary outer wrap

   Jan 1, 700 BCELabels: Himation

   • Met Museum
   • Himation

4. Peplos typifies women’s dress in Archaic Greece

   Jan 1, 600 BCELabels: Peplos, Himation

   • CU Boulder
   • Met Museum

5. Panathenaic peplos weaving institutionalized in Athens

   Jan 1, 500 BCELabels: Panathenaic Peplos, Athens

   • Chalceia

6. Women adopt long chiton widely in 5th century BCE

   Jan 1, 450 BCELabels: Long Chiton

   • Art Institute
   • Britannica

7. Exomis becomes common for labor and light infantry

   Jan 1, 420 BCELabels: Exomis

   • Exomis
   • Met Museum

8. Chlamys spreads as a young men’s military cloak

   Jan 1, 400 BCELabels: Chlamys

   • Met Museum
   • Chlamys

9. Decorated chitons become fashionable in the 4th century

   Jan 1, 350 BCELabels: Decorated Chiton

   • Art Institute

10. Macedonian elements gain wider visibility with expansion

    Jan 1, 336 BCELabels: Macedonian Dress, Kausia

    • BCH Journal
    • Kausia

11. Hellenistic period amplifies cosmopolitan textile display

    Jan 1, 323 BCELabels: Hellenistic Dress

    • Met Museum
    • Britannica

12. Battle of Actium ends Hellenistic political independence

    Sep 2, 31 BCELabels: Battle of, Octavian

    • Britannica
    • Actium