Pottery Dancers and Musician
April 17, 2024
Tag: covered breasts
The Hagia Triada Sarcophagus
April 13, 2024
Find spot: Crete, Hagia Triada, Necropolis, Tomb 4Date: 1370-1320 BCE Clothing depicted: Heanos with jacket and no overskirt; the priestesses wear a jacket and shaggy skirt, but the heanos hem is not visible, so it’s unclear whether they wear a heanos. The men wear shaggy skirts. The panel above contains two figures whose sex or gender puzzles me. […]
Seated Woman and Procession of Daemons
April 13, 2024
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.
Mycenaean Lady Seen from the Front
April 13, 2024
Find spot: Mycenae, Acropolis of Mycenae, Cult CenterDate: 1400-1200 BCE [verify; 13th century?] Clothing depicted: Heanos, jacket (discernable by the reversed-color trim), detailed jewelry; figure cuts off below the chest. A rare view of the heanos from the front with breasts covered.