Show here your Greek warrior impression

[Giannis K. Hoplite]

Congratulations,Kurt. Nice photos. You've bcome 10...and Wolfgang is missing again...
Paul,it's an oversimplification to say that male and female clothes were indistinguishable. Aristophanes ridicules men by showing them wearing female clothing. And paintings and actual finds show that chitons were often more elaborate than ever shown in vases. We have some fittings here,that look very much like regular buttons,and must have had a similar way of attachment. And there are sculptures(do plates or rings count as sculptures?) that show the big pins fastening the peplos.
And NOT ONE indication of such thing worn by male.Either long chitoned or short. In fact men with long chitons are only shown in Ionic ones. The Doric ones show mainly Gods,Zeus or Poseidon, and they are sleeved,just because they are early archaic,in a time that actual sleeves must have existed.In all,these are the pins that were could be used as weapons and those things were not worn by men! Thus I don't have an indication that a male reenactor should pin his chiton,not only in lack of evidence,but from a practical point of view,too.
Khaire
Giannis