This paper examines the phenomenon of individual Athenians adopting elements of Persian clothing, making use of exotic items such as gold and silver drinking vessels, and the like, by comparison to what I argue is a similar sort of contact and exchange involving the European fabric trade and evolving standards of dress and fashion in the Early Modern Atlantic. The ancient literary and archaeological sources discussed document the reaction of a relatively insignificant, marginal people (the Greeks) to the dress practices of a more powerful and arguably far more sophisticated imperial power (the Persians). I suggest that an appreciation of the character and intentions of the much better documented encounter between the English court and Amerindian ambassadors who visited it in the early 18th century provides a potentially useful corrective to the indigenous perspective of our Athenian sources.

本文研究了雅典人采用波斯服装元素，利用诸如金，银饮水器之类的奇特物品的现象，并与我所论证的涉及欧洲织物贸易的类似接触和交流作了比较。以及现代大西洋沿岸不断发展的着装和时尚标准。所讨论的古代文学和考古资源记录了相对微不足道的边缘人（希腊人）对更强大且可以说远为复杂的帝国力量（波斯人）的着装实践的反应。