Fig. 41.—(_a_ and _b_) Fragments of a Sarcophagus Cover from Kertch. (_c_) Embroidered Fragment from Kertch ” 106 Fig. 42.—Men’s Head-dress—Archaic ” 108 Fig. 43.—(_a_) Head of Apollo from the Temple of Zeus, at Olympia. (_b_) Head of an Athlete—Athens Acropolis Museum ” 110 Fig. 44.—Archaic form of Petasos 111 Fig. 45.—Women’s Head-dress _face_ 112 Fig. 46.—Sandals and Shoes ” 116 Fig. 47.—Boot 118 Fig. 48.—(_a_) A Bronze in the British Museum. (_b_) Foot of the Hermes of Praxiteles (from a cast in the British Museum). (_c_) A Terra-cotta Flask in the British Museum _face_ 118 Fig. 49.—Sandals 119 Fig. 50.—Diagram of an Aryballos 121 Fig. 51.—Diagram of a Lekythos 121 Fig. 52.—(_a_) A Pyxis in the British Museum. (_b_) A Toilet-box in the British Museum _face_ 122 Fig. 53.—(_a_) Bronze Box Mirror—British Museum. (_b_) Bronze Stand Mirror—British Museum _face_ 124 Fig. 54.—Diagram of an Alabastron 125 GREEK DRESS I INTRODUCTION PRE-HELLENIC In seeking to conjure up a vivid picture of the life of an ancient people, it is the task of the archæologist to neglect no point that can in any way throw light on the manners and customs which that people practised from day to day, both in the exercise of their public duties and in the privacy of their own homes. Just as the habits and dress of an individual frequently give a true impression of his character and type of mind, so the salient characteristics of a nation are reflected in the external details of their manners and their costume. In making a careful study of the Greeks, therefore, whose innate feeling for beauty was part of their very being, and whose sense of the fitness of things rarely if ever played them false, we shall expect to find our efforts amply repaid, both by the satisfaction given to the æsthetic sense and by the knowledge we shall have gained of the development of the national character. The study of costume has, moreover, an ethnological significance which in itself justifies a detailed investigation of the subject.