Find spot: Mycenae, Citadel House, Room of the FrescoesDate: c. 1250 BCE Clothing depicted: Tied wrap, kilt The location of this fresco behind a household altar indicates that at least one of the people is a deity. The person on the right could be a woman, based on the light skin of the feet, but this is not […]
Find spot: Mycenae, Citadel House, Room of the FrescoesDate: c. 1250 BCE Clothing depicted: Heanos, tied wrap This woman is identified as a goddess or priestess. Compare her clothing to the clothes of the Young Priestess from Akrotiri.
Find spot: Santorini, Akrotiri, Xeste 3, upper storeyDate: c. 1650 BCE Clothing depicted: Heanos, kilt, detailed jewelry Two girls in fine clothes gather saffron, the symbol of a Minoan goddess and possibly a symbol of new womanhood. Both girls have undeveloped breasts, but wear their heanoses open in front. The girl on the right, in the orange or […]
Find spot: Santorini, Akrotiri, Xeste 3, upper storeyDate: c. 1650 BCE Clothing depicted: Heanos, kilt, detailed jewelry See The Older Saffron-Gatherer for analysis.
Find spot: Crete, Knossos, palaceDate: 1400-1350/1300 BCE Clothing depicted: Heanos with vertical decoration (“La Parisienne”) Part of the Camp Stool Fresco/Libation Fresco.
Find spot: Santorini, Akrotiri, Xeste 3Date: c. 1650 BCE Clothing depicted: Loose heanos, kilt, detailed jewelry
Find spot: Crete, Hagia Triada, VillaggioDate: Late Minoan III [verify] Clothing depicted: Heanos with no jacket or overskirt
Find spot: MycenaeDate: 1400-1200 BCE [verify] Clothing depicted: Fragmentary. Kilt; the top of the figure is missing. Unusual one-shouldered tied wrap; the figure is missing below the chest.
Find spot: Crete, Knossos, palaceDate: 1400-1350/1300 BCE Clothing depicted: Heanos with vertical decoration (“La Parisienne”), some kind of short tiered skirt (a kilt?) worn over a heanos (seated woman)
Find spot: Thebes, the House of KadmosDate: 14th century? [verify this] Clothing depicted: Fragmentary, but appears to show heanos with kilt
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.