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Chiton (garment)

A chiton (/ˈkaɪtɒn, ˈkaɪtən/; Ancient Greek: χιτών, romanized: chitṓn, IPA: [kʰitɔ̌ːn]) is a form of tunic that fastens at the shoulder, worn by men and women of ancient Greece and Rome.[1][2] There are two forms of chiton: the Doric and the later Ionic. According to Herodotus, popular legend was that Athenian women began to wear the chiton as opposed to the peplos after several women stabbed a messenger to death with the bronze pins characteristic of the peplos.[3]

Etymology[edit]

The word chiton is derived from a Central Semitic language *kittān (e.g. Hebrew כֻּתֹּנֶת kuttṓnĕṯ), ultimately from a word for 'flax'.[4][5]

Clothing in the ancient world

Clothing in ancient Greece

Exomis

Raglan sleeve

sometimes called the "Holy Chiton"

Seamless robe of Jesus

Stephane (Ancient Greece)

Toga

Pomeroy, Sarah B. (1994), Goddesses, Whores, Wives and Slaves: Women in Classical Antiquity, London: Pimlico,  978-0-712-66054-9

ISBN

Pomeroy, Sarah (2002), Spartan Women, Oxford: Oxford University Press,  0-195-13067-7

ISBN

Encyclopædia Britannica

"Chiton"

Garland, Robert (2008), Ancient Greece Everyday Life in the Birthplace of Western Civilization, New York: Sterling Press,  978-1-4549-0908-8

ISBN

Radicke, Jan (2022), , Berlin: De Gruyter, ISBN 978-3-11-071155-4

Roman Women's Dress

Greek Dress

(French, Pdf)

Greek clothes