ABSTRACT
Ancient Greek domestic life was very different from modern life in many ways. The marriage was arranged by the girl's father and the father of the man she was to marry. The basic garment was the tunic, which had holes for the head and arms. It was made of wool and fell in quite stiff folds down to the feet. It tended to cling to the body in rippling folds. Just as today, women in ancient Greece liked to look attractive. A whole range of beauty aids has been found by archaeologists. Men and boys wore sandals outside the home, and, during cold weather, fur-lined boots. Dyes were made from berries, onions, colored earth, and lichen. Purple dye was made from ground-up sea snails, known as murex. This dye had to be imported from the great trading city of Tyre, in Palestine and was very expensive, so only the rich wore purple clothes.
