Abstract
Title: Clothes and the insignia of the cultic agents in Greek cities : a sketch
The paper offers some reflections on the dress-code and insignia of the cult personnel in Greek cities, emphasizing especially the regulations about the clothing of priests and priestesses. It does not aim at an “encyclopedic” synthesis of this subject, but at the examination of certain themes which, from the angle of the costumes, the attributes or, more generally, of the finery of the cult agents, allow us to question mainly on two aspects: the relationships, even the connivance established between the divinity and its servants; and, above all, the potential differences or similarities in the “regulatory” attire of these men and women who keep close to divine.
Keywords: Priests, priestesses, kleidouchos, gold, purple, crown, strophion, white color.