Find spot: Pylos, the Mycenaean Griffin Warrior’s tombDate: c. 1450 BCE Clothing depicted: Probably a tiered skirt and heanos, but whomever carved this put more effort into the birds than the central figure.
Find spot: Pylos, the Mycenaean Griffin Warrior’s tombDate: c. 1450 BCE Clothing depicted: The seated woman wears a skirt that has tiers and wraps around her legs like a kilt, but doesn’t have visible points. Probably a kilt. The attendant wears what appears to be a heanos with a horizontal line halfway up the skirt; this could represent […]
Find spot: Crete, Knossos, the Gypsadhes HillDate: 15th-14th c. BCE Clothing depicted: Heanos, a skirt that has tiers and wraps around her legs like a kilt, but doesn’t have visible points. Probably a kilt. Also, unusually, a nude.
Find spot: Crete, Knossos, palaceDate: 1650-1550 BCE Clothing depicted: Heanos, tiered skirt, apron
Find spot: Crete, Knossos, palaceDate: 1600-1500 BCE Clothing depicted: Fragmentary. Heanos or jacket with exposed breasts; some kind of overskirt. The images are small, but may depict women wearing jackets and skirts with no heanos.
Find spot: Crete, Knossos, palaceDate: 1600-1450 BCE Clothing depicted: Heanos with exposed breasts, viewed from the front
Most of the fresco is reconstructed. The details below show most of the parts that are extant. Find spot: Crete, Knossos, palaceDate: 1600-1450 BCE Clothing depicted: Heanos without overskirt; kilt worn over tiered skirt; male kilts
Find spot: Date: ca. 1525-1450 BCE Clothing depicted: Heanos with vertical lines, kilt
Find spot: TirynsDate: 15th c. BCE Clothing depicted: An unusual garment that looks like a heanos without shoulder trim, flecked all over like a shaggy skirt. Sometimes described as a chiton.
Find spot: Mycenae; north slope of the Acropolis, close to the megaronDate: 15th-14th c. BCE Clothing depicted: Two women in heanos, kilts, jewelry, and a shared wrap; a toddler in heanos without overskirt, and jewelry
Find spot: Knossos, IsopatraDate: 1500-1450 BCE Clothing depicted: Heanos; kilt worn over tiered skirt; tiered skirt, possibly with an apron; kilt worn over heanos with vertical lines; tiered skirt, possibly worn without a heanos