What is Petasos?
Petasos is a type of floppy, a broad -ground hat that comes to ancient Greece. Petasos' wide edge, often worn by farmers, adapted to the outdoor work and protected the wearer's head from the sun and rain. The hat could be made of different materials, including felt, straw, leather and wool. Petasoi, which is worn by Greek men, usually represented low crowns and those wearing women usually had much higher crowns.
"petasos" is a Greek and Latin word for "hat". But the word also came to refer to this hat with a wide edge of long -worn rivers and other people in the region. Petasos may have appeared long ago as 1200 B.C. The depiction of the Greek god Hermes-known later Romans as Mercury-they indicate that the deity with a quick foot wears a version of a hat with small wings on its sides. Many contemporary artists depicted Greek men and women wearing distinctive hats.
Because Petasos often wore Greek, the hat was associated with rural workwith people. The protective edge eventually helped the style to find a favor with travelers, which made the hat part of the traditional Greek travel clothing, along with the black cloak known as Chlamys. Petasos' edge distinguished it from Pilos, without a serious hat, which often had a high, conical crown and resembled Fez.
The earliest Petasoi is assumed to have been made in thesely or Crete. Crete is a credible place of origin, because the island has developed the art of wool production on the island. Petasos also got various names in many Greek regions, a factor that could contribute to the confusion of the origin of the hat. The different styles of the hat were edges that curved either up or down. Finally, the chin was added, allowing the hat to hang freely from the wearer's neck, unless it was needed.
The simplicity and funnction of Petasos helped the style of the hat to survive into later cultures. Pop cultureThe painting of ancient Greece and Rome shows a hat because it would be worn by people of the day. In the 1966 film "On the way to the forum, the funny thing became," Petasos is constantly shading the glut face of the unfortunate Roman citizen Erronio, played by Buster Keaton. The lynxes of Petasos survive in the hats of the solar hats worn by people in the 21st century; In fact, many sun hats are preferred by modern gardeners simply Petasoi known under other names.