What Is Ionic Chiton
The Ionic Chiton (Kite-En), the Most Popular Greek Garment During the Fifth Century B. C. E. , Demonstrates Many of the Elaborate Features of Ionian Design...
The Ionic chiton (KITE-en), the most popular Greek garment during the fifth century B.C.E. , demonstrates many of the elaborate features of Ionian design. More of a gown than a tunic, the Ionic chiton was an intricately draped garment with many folds and pleats. It was worn by both men and women.
What is Ionic chiton made of?
Ionic style chiton was made of a wider piece of linen or wool than Doric and was pinned, sewn or buttoned all the way from the neck to the wrists forming a sort of sleeves. A large belt called a zoster was also used for keeping the chiton in place.
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What are the two types of chiton?
There are two forms of chiton. One is the Doric chiton and the later Ionic chiton. 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 that garment.
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