Body, Dress, and Identity in Ancient Greece

by Mireille Lee

This is the first general monograph on ancient Greek dress in English to be published in more than a century. By applying modern dress theory to the ancient evidence, this book reconstructs the social meanings attached to the dressed body in ancient Greece. Whereas many scholars have focused on individual aspects of ancient Greek dress, from the perspectives of literary, visual, and archaeological sources, this volume synthesizes the diverse evidence and offers fresh insights into this essential aspect of ancient society.

Genres: History, Greece, Ancient, Nonfiction

382 pages, Hardcover

First published December 31, 2014

Reviews

[Claudia González Da Silva · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great insight if you want to know about Ancient Greece dress as the whole appearance of a person in a social context as opposed to just garments. However, I do not know how true some statements are, for example when it is suggested that veiling practices represented femenine agency and gave women control over their sexuality.