Ancient Greek Costume

If you want to know the minutest detail of the most historical Trojan helmets, that formed a part of the ancient Greek male costume, especially during war, the black and bronze were the most liked ones. In fact, such a helmet combined with a black or red plume finished up the overall look of the costume. Spartan helmets were another type of helmets that most Greek men liked to go in for.

The basic design of these helmets, like everything else about the ancient Greek male costume, was their evident ‘plainness’. A plain silver-colored helmet, made of iron and steel, was the most loved of all the designs. This particular one was sans the plume. This was worn by the fighters among the ancient Greek men – the Spartan foot soldiers who were the practical force of the Greeks during times of war!

The Greeks liked wearing gold wreaths as decorative headdresses, ornately adorned with flowers, acorns, foliage or images. With jewelry designs and techniques becoming advanced, the Greeks made a laurel headdress to be worn as a crown of honor. It represented Apollo, the god of divination and intelligence.

From its wide popularity in adorning ancient Greek jewelry to the modern times, the purple richness of amethyst has made it the most loved gemstone for decorating unique jewelry pieces. This purple gemstone has also been very much sought-after by people in authoritative positions. It was believed that amethyst symbolized the spirit of God.

It was not that only Greek women had a fascination for hairstyles, the Greek men were not too far behind either. The most common hairstyle that most Greek men in ancient times sported was – short and curly. As newer fashion trends came up, these people added a variety of embellishments to their hairstyles. Most of these decorations were made of gold, silver and ivory.

During one of the ancient Greek periods, there is a record of the hair being short, chin-length as well as curly. With the advent of fashion and a consciousness towards looking fashionable, hairstyling trends started becoming increasingly imaginative. The hairstyles that gained popularity were those ornamented with ribbons, gold, precious stones and pearls.

Ancient Greece had many religious figures. Each of these was associated with a distinct part of the earth’s resources. They were guardians of these parts. For instance, there was a god associated with wars and also for daily work such as cleansing and even manufacturing.

The most authoritative and prominent not to mention well-known deity was Apollo – the Greek god of the sun. He was the son of the king of gods – Zeus (ruler of Mt. Olympus and God of sky and thunder) and mythical figure Leto, his twin sister was Artemis, deity of hunting and later the deity of the moon. Zeus is depicted in various sculptures as bearded, properly draped in the ancient Greek costume of a cloak – like a Roman Toga and bearing a thunderbolt.

Apollo on the other hand is portrayed in most of the sculptures and in scriptures in his ancient Greek costume of the cloak concealing his divine nakedness. Apollo controlled many of the aspects of Greek life such as including medicine, healing, music, poetry, archery and even plague. Both Delos and Delphi were devoted to worshiping him. He was also the god of migrants with the divine powers of keeping a watch over them and was the guardian of herds and flocks. Apollo’s many different aspects were worshiped alternately in different areas of Greece.