![]() The Warrior Vase, currently in the National Museum at Athens and dated to the same period as the painting, depicts Mycenean warriors in the same helmets, kilts, and boots but with body armor and is considered a realistic depiction of the soldiers of the time. 1200 BCE) shows warriors in battle wearing the chiton tunic fighting others in kilts, helmets, and knee-high boots. A wall painting from the palace at Pylos dated to Late Helladic III (LH IIIB, c. Men’s clothing shows some difference from the Minoan Period, however, as seen in a statue depicting a young man in the same sort of loincloth as the Minoans but wearing a different kind of headpiece and a high kilt. It is possible this is a copy of the Snake Goddess figurine but could also be an original work of its time. 1400 BCE) shows a woman in the same bell-shaped skirt, bare breasts, and a similar bodice. ![]() A terracotta female figure from Keos dated to the Late Helladic II Period (c. ![]() 1050 BCE) show similar styles as the Minoan. The Mycenaean Civilization, the latest of the so-called Helladic Period of mainland Greece, is also divided by scholars into different periods and works from the Early Helladic Period (c. ![]()
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