Thracian clothing

The legendary Thracian bard Orpheus playing the lyre with two Thracian warriors standing by his side, 430 BC
Pottery Artwork of a mounted Thracian Cavalryman, 5th century BC
Thracian peltast from a kylix wearing patterned clothing

Thracian clothing refers to types of clothing worn mainly by Thracians, Dacians[1] but also by some Greeks.[2] Its best literal descriptions are given by Herodotus[3] and Xenophon in his Anabasis.[1] Depictions are found in a great number of Greek vases and there are a few Persian representations as well. In contrast to shapes and patterns we have very little evidence on the colours used.

  1. ^ a b The Thracians 700 BC-AD 46 (Men-at-Arms) by Christopher Webber and Angus McBride, 2001, ISBN 1-84176-329-2, page 18
  2. ^ Greek warrior
  3. ^ "Herodotus, Histories 7.75".