Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, BOOK I, chapter 6

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6. For in ancient times all Hellenes carried weapons because¹ their homes were undefended and intercourse was unsafe; like the Barbarians they went armed in their every-day life. [2] And the continuance of the custom in certain parts of the country indicates that it once prevailed everywhere. [3] The Athenians were the first who laid aside arms and adopted an easier and more luxurious way of life. Quite recently the old-fashioned refinement of dress still lingered among the elder men of their richer class, who wore under-garments of linen, and bound back their hair in a knot with golden clasps in the form of grasshoppers; and the same customs long survived among the elders of Ionia, having been derived from their Athenian ancestors. [4] On the other hand, the simple dress which is now common was first worn at Sparta; and there, more than anywhere else, the life of the rich was assimilated to that of the people. [5] The Lacedaemonians too were the first who in their athletic exercises stripped naked and rubbed themselves over with oil. But this was not the ancient custom; athletes formerly, even when they were contending at Olympia, wore girdles about their loins, a practice which lasted until quite lately, and still prevails among Barbarians, especially those of Asia, where the combatants in boxing and wrestling matches wear girdles. [6] And many other customs which are now confined to the Barbarians might be shown to have existed formerly in Hellas.

1 Old customs which are still existing in some parts of the country: dress of Athenians and Spartans.

Thucydides translated into English; with introduction, marginal analysis, notes, and indices. Volume 1. Thucydides. Benjamin Jowett. translator. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1881.

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