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Position:Home>History> I am thinking about going as Pericles for Halloween. How should I make the costuQuestion: I am thinking about going as Pericles for Halloween!. How should I make the costume historically accurate!? After some thought, I decided not to go as Agrippina the Younger as she is considered by her contemporaries (and by modern scholars) to be very evil!.
So I picked Pericles, a great Athenian statesman!. After seeing busts of him online, would it be appropriate to wear a helmet as well as a chiton (Greek "toga")!? Would he be a character worthy to portray at my Halloween party at work!? All suggestions are welcome but I don't feel like memorizing his funeral eulogy, though!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Pericles would only have worn a helmet when dressed as an Athenian soldier, with the rest of his armour!. That would be a great costume; but darn difficult and expensive to make, and probably very expensive even to hire!. (You'd need good legs, too!) It'd be much easier to make a civilian Greek costume, since that's entirely based on rectangles of fabric!. (BTW, the "chiton" was actually a tunic; the big cloak often draped like a toga was called a "himation"!.) I'd suggest a full-length chiton with a himation wrapped over it - appropriate dress for a Greek statesman!. The draped himation was sometimes worn without a tunic under it, leaving one shoulder bare, but that's a bit rash for a party, I think!. The URL here will give you plenty of links to help you put the costume together!. You could accessorise it with a couple of scrolls written in Greek, and maybe persuade a female friend to come as Aspasia of Miletus!?Www@QuestionHome@Com Instead of the speech, you could explain that Pericles represents the Golden Age of Athens, in which the citizens had it so good that they felt free to complain all the time and hated him - somewhat like current times!. A despised leader who governed a bunch of ingrates who didn't know how good they had it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Dang, that sounds fun! I wish I could do that, anyways I think it would be very cool if you did protray him at the Party!. You're a history major if I remember correctly, do your thing girl =)Www@QuestionHome@Com Visit this site and look at the images www!.historyforkids!.org/learn/greeks/cl!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Oy!.Www@QuestionHome@Com yes i think its a great costumeWww@QuestionHome@Com |