Greek-womens-attire-Regency-Empire-influence-hypsizonos, Thomas Hope

Depictions of ancient greek women's attire of the type that strongly influenced late 1790's clothing styles (especially in paris). Five women shown with a belt around the outside of their garments worn fairly high: upper left - bacchante, from j. Moyr smith's ancient greek female costume (1882). Upper right -- "bacchante presenting the sacred fillet" from thomas hope's costumes of the ancients (reprinted as costumes of the greeks and romans) (1812). Lower left: depiction of goddess hebe, from j. Moyr smith's ancient greek female costume (1882). Center -- illustration from georg autenrieth's homeric dictionary (1876), intended to illustrate the words euzônos, euplokamis, zônê, kallizônos, kalliplokamos, kalumma, and kaluptrê lower right -- greek statue (ca. 300 b. C. ?) from adolf furtwängler's die sammlung sabouroff (1887). Date: 1812, 1876, 1882, 1887.