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Clothing In Ancient Greece

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Ancient Greece have extremely hot weather that people have to wear light and loose clothing. A simple piece of fabric can be style and restyle in different way they like. The less fabric and complicating seams, the better. The people in Ancient Greece used a type of tunic: peplos, chiton, himation. These types of tunic were made in home of wool and linen. Linen was used in the summer and was a light fabric. Wool was used in the winter and made from the fleeces of local sheeps. Men normally wore a type of tunic called chiton. A chiton is a big and long squares of cloth that is held in place by pins at the shoulders and belt around the waist. Also, men wore a himation that was worn without a chiton and it was just wrap around the body, similar
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