How to make a Roman warrior costume out of paper. "Star Wars": a costume with your own hands. Description, step by step production. Tunic for dress
For a handsome and at the same time dangerous Roman warrior, you can sew a cape, under which chain mail is put on. The costume does not require much time, perhaps you will have to tinker only with a headdress.
Print, enlarge the cape pattern on graph paper in accordance with your measurements, transfer the details to the fabric, adding 1 cm for allowances. The tunic will look more spectacular if you make it with a lining, for example, the main part is red, and the inside is blue.
Sew the middle seam on the back. Fold front and back front sides inside and sew the shoulder and side seams. Overcast the edges of the seams. Turn the cape right side out. Cut out the trims for the sleeves from the fabric, sew them into rings and, folding them in half lengthwise, sew them to the cuts of the sleeves.
Cut out the facing for the front top cut. Fold in half lengthwise and, placing a cut between the halves, sew. Do the same for the back top cut. Turn up the bottom of the tunic and stitch.
At the waist, you can tie a thin braided cord or fasten a thin leather strap. Wear light summer sandals on your feet.
Take silver foil, for example food, fold it in half, then in half again and so on until you get a square with sides no more than 4 cm. Carefully cut off its corners and unfold. Sew the resulting chain mail to the base of light fabric or a piece of gauze. Put on the chain mail over the tunic.
Print and transfer the sword template onto cardboard. Cut and glue in several layers. You can paste over the sword with foil, and wrap the handle with a thin cord, gluing the tips.
Print and transfer the details of the helmet onto thick cardboard. Cut them out along the outline. If necessary, enlarge them in advance according to your size. In the middle part, bend the teeth down, grease them with glue and attach two sidewalls to them. Glue the visor on the front to the middle part, placing the teeth inside. Using a utility knife, carefully make a slit in the middle for the comb. Insert the teeth into the slot and glue them from the inside, bending it to the right, then to the left. Cut out four corners for rigidity and glue two on each side of the comb.
Paint the helmet with gouache with PVA glue.
The ancient Roman state arose in the 8th century. BC. Initially, it was a city-state that occupied only a small part of the Apennine Peninsula (the territory of modern Rome), far from the mouth of the Tiber River. The ancestors of the ancient Romans - the Latins, who lived in Latium, located in the Tiber region, were distinguished by courage, endurance and severity.
The whole history of the Roman people, all stages of its development, were reflected in the clothes of the ancient Romans. In the distant past, the Romans were distinguished by the simplicity of morals, and their simple clothes served only to protect them from heat or cold. It was made from the skins and wool of animals, later - from flax. Men and women wore shirts and cloaks, shoes in sandals and shoes with straps.
There are two periods in the history of the Roman state: republican and imperial. The life of the Romans in the republican period was still quite strict. The Roman costume was similar to the Greek one, it was also draped, but the aesthetic ideal of the ancient Romans was not a beautiful human body, but harsh courageous warriors and majestic women. Therefore, the complex Roman costume, which was originally made of wool, and later of linen, gave the figure a static, majestic, a certain theatricality. In the imperial period, clothes become richer and more magnificent. Imported silk fabrics appear.
During the heyday of the Roman state, its borders expanded greatly, including the territory of modern England, France, Spain, Holland and other countries. Rome became a huge world power that waged endless wars and extensive trade. The plundered wealth, the many slaves who did all the work, led to luxury even in everyday life. All this was reflected in the character of the ancient Roman costume.
The Romans dressed in clothes of bright colors: red, purple, purple, yellow, brown. A white suit was considered ceremonial, it was worn for ceremonial exits.
The Romans made clothes for women. Until the time of the empire, the Romans wore clothes homemade. Even Emperor Augustus (1st century BC) was proud that his tunic and toga were made by the hands of his mother and wife. Unlike the Greeks, who wove their clothes in one piece on a loom, Roman clothes were sewn together.
Male costume in ancient Rome
The basis of the Roman costume was the "tunic", which was considered the lower, home clothing. To appear in it on the street without outerwear was indecent for a Roman citizen. The tunic had much in common with the Greek tunic, but, unlike it, it was an overhead garment: it was sewn on the shoulders and put on over the head. The length of the tunic could be different, but basically it reached the middle of the calves. There were several types of tunics: "colobium", "talaris" and "dalmatic". The colobium had short sleeves and he girded himself. Talaris was worn by nobility, this tunic had long, narrow sleeves. The dalmatic was longer, with wide sleeves, which, when unfolded, resembled a cross. Therefore, the dalmatic was worn by the Christian Romans.
Tunics of representatives of various social strata depended on their nobility and wealth. Purple was a symbol of power in ancient Rome. Persons holding high public positions wore tunics with purple stripes sewn on. So, on the tunic of the senator, a wide vertical purple strip (“clavus”) was sewn, on the tunic of the riders - two narrow purple stripes. The victorious commanders wore purple tunics embroidered with golden palm branches.
Sometimes (especially during the cold season) the Romans wore several tunics at once. Emperor Augustus is known to have worn four tunics at the same time.
The most important outerwear of the ancient Romans was the "toga" - a cloak made of a large rectangular or elliptical piece of woolen fabric. The size of the toga was approximately 6 meters by 1 meter 80 centimeters, and usually the slaves draped their master in it. For the Romans, the toga was their hallmark, and they called themselves "gens togata" - "dressed in a toga." The toga was a symbol of the civic dignity of a Roman. If he committed a crime, then by law he was deprived of the right to wear these clothes. Slaves, foreigners and exiles also had no right to wear a toga. The victorious commander appeared in a purple toga woven with gold - a pict. Later, it was replaced by a purple cloak - "paludamentum", the ancestor of the mantles of European kings.
There were also other types of cloaks. Roman emperors and the highest nobility wore a "paludamentum", which was thrown over the back and left shoulder, and buckled on the right. It could also be worn wrapped several times in the form of a scarf around the left arm.
The ceremonial cloak was also a “lacerna” - a rectangular piece of fabric that covered the back and both shoulders and chipped off in front. The lacerna was made of very expensive fabric woven with gold and silver, and it reached the knees.
The poor wore a "penula" - a woolen or leather cloak in the form of a semicircle, often with a sewn-on hood. Penula was the clothing of shepherds and travelers. It was often made of dense woolen fabric with a "bouffant". Roman dandies wore a pencil case made of precious fabrics.
Pants came into use by the Romans from the III century. AD - this detail of the costume was also borrowed by them from the barbarians (before the war with the Gauls, they did not wear them). But only soldiers constantly wore them.
Women's costume in ancient Rome
The women's costume of the ancient Romans is in many ways similar to the men's. He was supposed to give monumentality and majesty to the figure of a Roman matron, to emphasize a leisurely smooth gait. It was made at first from woolen fabrics, and later, during the period of the empire, from light silk multi-colored fabrics - sometimes translucent, woven with gold and silver, which from the 2nd century. BC. began to be imported in large numbers from other countries.
Roman women were distinguished by a special passion for rich outfits and jewelry. In order to limit this passion for panache, a strict law was even issued in Rome prohibiting excessive luxury. However, this did not lead to anything: after the wars with Asia Minor, even more oriental goods and jewelry began to arrive in Rome, and the desire for luxury only intensified. If in earlier times Roman matrons dressed in white clothes, decorated with only a narrow purple border, then later they began to sew clothes from multi-colored, checkered or bright plain (lilac, purple, green, yellow, red) fabrics. And despite any prohibitions, the Romans dressed in translucent, golden and precious purple fabrics.
The Roman women wore a long and rather wide tunic as an undergarment or at home. Usually she was woolen and girdled. Tunics were made both without sleeves and with long sleeves; sleeves could also be split, with fasteners along the entire length of the arm.
Noble women put on a “table” over a tunic - an outer garment similar to a tunic. It was long, with or without sleeves, and girdled under the breast with a beautiful belt. A wide pleated frill (“insista”) was sewn at the bottom, embroidered with gold sequins and pearls or decorated with a purple trim. The collar and armholes were also decorated with a wide border. A sleeved tunic was worn over a sleeveless tunic (and vice versa). Stola was considered the clothing of married women. It must be worn when appearing in public places. Slaves were forbidden to wear a table.
The outerwear also served as a cloak - "palla", similar to the Greek himation. He was draped different ways, with an overlap at the waist, and sometimes the head was covered with the upper edge. The palla was fastened on the shoulders with clasps ("agraphs").
The ancient Romans gave the figure a slenderness by pulling a piece of dense fabric under the tunic or thin skin waist and supporting her breasts (which anticipated future women's corsets).
Roman patrician clothing:
The man is wearing an embroidered tunic, a toga, shoes - calceus.
On a woman - a table and peplum. Hairstyle with bouffant and overhead curls.
Roman warrior costume
The aggressive campaigns of Rome led to the fact that the clothes of the soldiers became more comfortable and did not interfere with their movement.
In the early period of the Roman Republic, warriors wore a short woolen sleeveless tunic, and over it they put on a "loric" - a leather shell covered with metal plates. Outerwear was a thick woolen cloak - "trabea". In the era of the Empire, the “sagum” became the outerwear of ordinary warriors - a short cloak made of woolen fabric, borrowed by the Romans from the Gauls. It was such a typical clothing of a Roman soldier that the expression "put on a sagum" meant: "start a war." Leather or linen shells were covered with thin metal or bone plates in the form of scales or feathers. Scaled shells were worn by Roman military leaders.
Warriors wore sandals or boots and metal or leather leggings on their feet. Later, they began to wear woolen trousers below the knee, tightly fitting the leg. Legs up to the ankle and above were protected by boots ("kaligs"), which were held by strong straps.
The metal or leather helmets of the Roman soldiers were of the most varied form. In imperial times, centurion helmets were decorated with a silver-plated crest and a plume of feathers or horsehair. The helmets of generals and emperors were distinguished by especially skillful work. And the helmets of the standard-bearers were covered with animal skins.
Roman warrior in lorica:
The man is wearing a warrior costume: a leather shell, a cassock helmet with a horsehair crest.
On a woman - a table and a peplum thrown over her head, sandals.
On a woman: a lined cape, a tunic with a border
On the man: leather shell with shoulder pads, sagum cloak, calceus boots 
Shoes in Ancient Rome
The Romans were not in the habit of walking barefoot.
Free Romans in everyday life wore sandals - "solea". They were tied to the leg crosswise with two straps. Wearing solea in public was considered indecent. The Romans also wore half boots and boots, shoes with belts, etc. Going to public meetings, the Romans put on high (covering the foot to the ankles) leather half boots - “calceus” together with the toga. Unlike Greek crepes, they completely covered the leg. High officials (as well as the emperor during the Empire) wore red leather calceus, high heels, with silver ornaments; senator - black, with belts crossed in front. Expensive men's footwear made of leather of different colors and decorated with gold and silver plaques. The poor and slaves wore simple wooden shoes. The shoes of the Romans were a necessary part of the toilet, it was considered indecent to take them off even at home. The victorious commanders had purple shoes.
Peasants wore shoes made of wood or raw leather.
Women wore sandals and shoes made of soft colored leather. The shoes worn by noble Roman women were mostly made of light thin leather, embroidered with pearls and gold, and fitted the foot very tightly. Sometimes the Romans wore soft ankle boots.
Hairstyles and headdresses in ancient Rome
The ancient Romans originally (until the end of the 3rd century BC) wore long hair and beards, but then it became fashionable to cut their hair and shave cleanly or wear small curled beards. The first barbers arrived in Rome from Sicily in 290 BC.
The hairstyles of the Romans were very different: with bangs above the forehead, with smoothly combed or curled hair. In imperial times, dandies not only curled their hair or wore wigs, but also anointed them with expensive oils, sprinkled with gold dust.
The Romans, like the Greeks, did not have a custom to cover their heads. Hats were worn only by judges and priests. During bad weather, the Romans protected their heads with a hood, they could throw a part of the toga over their heads. But sometimes they put on caps and hats similar to Greek ones (for example, petas). The common people wore straw hats or leather caps.
The hairstyles of noble Roman patrician women were complex and very diverse, and sometimes bizarre. They wore "Greek" hairstyles, combing their hair smoothly and tying it in a knot at the back of their heads. They divided their hair into a straight parting, braided them into braids that wrapped around their heads. Curled long curls, framing their face, or whipped curled hair in front, smoothly combing the rest back.
A typical Roman women's hairstyle was a high hairstyle of curls mounted on a frame, shaped like a Russian kokoshnik. Part of the curls was strengthened in rows on the frame, and the rest of the hair was braided and laid on the back of the head or descended in the form of braids along the temples and on the back of the head.
The most fashionable were considered blond and Brown hair, and the Romans used various means to lighten hair. They also wore wigs and false hair, for which the braids of blond German women were used.
The headdresses of Roman women were the same as those of Greek women: headbands, round caps, covered with gold or silver nets. Noble patrician women attached a thin veil in the form of a veil to their headdress, descending over their shoulders.
Roman women's hairstyles:
Jewelry in Ancient Rome
The ancient Romans wore wreaths of fresh flowers. During feasts, they placed wreaths of ivy, myrtle, roses, and violets on their heads. Wreaths decorated the heads of generals, orators, priests, winners of sports competitions, participants in sacrifices. Famous poets were crowned with a laurel wreath (the word "laureate" comes from the Latin name for laurel - "laurea"). The commander who managed to save the army from precarious position, the soldiers brought a wreath of grass woven by them. The victor was crowned with a laurel wreath, which later began to be made of gold, and then turned into a jagged wreath, called the “radiata crown”.
Roman women wove headbands adorned with pearls, gold, precious stones into their hair, wore golden braided nets, attaching them to their hair with beautiful ivory hairpins.
Male adornments were "bulls" - round medallions-amulets that guarded childhood, which young men wore until civil age (until the onset of 17 years). On ring finger The Romans wore rings on their left hand - at first they were iron, later gold. Some dandies adorned their hands with several rings at once. Buckles could also serve as decorations.
Noble Roman women were distinguished by a special, extreme predilection for jewelry. They adopted most of them from Greek women and adorned themselves jewelry fine work of gold, Indian pearls, precious stones. They wore neck chains and necklaces, coiled snake rings and bracelets, headbands and tiaras, beautiful buckles. Hair was adorned with strings of pearls. The gold and silver earrings worn by the Roman women had a wide variety of shapes. The most beautiful and most expensive were considered pearl, having the shape of drops. Amber and crystal balls, which Roman matrons held in their hands, were especially popular: it was believed that they refreshed their hands.
The costume of a noble Roman woman was complemented by a very expensive peacock feather fan or an umbrella, which served as protection from the sun or rain.
The ancient Romans were skilled in the use of cosmetics. They borrowed it from the Greeks and Egyptians. Roman women used powder, fragrant oils, ointments, blushes and ointments, special means for lightening hair, for skin rejuvenation. They learned the art of make-up, used various lotions and lipsticks to rejuvenate the skin of the face, used lead white, pumice tooth powder.
The Roman women also used mirrors, which at first were made from a mixture of tin and copper, and later very expensive ones appeared, made of pure silver, with gilding on the reverse side. In addition to hand mirrors, the Romans also had large wall mirrors.
Toiletries were kept by Roman women in toilet bags: silver quadrangular mirrors, similar to Etruscan ones, decorated on the reverse side; ivory combs; hair curlers; gold and silver hairpins and pins; scissors; jars of blush, lipstick, whitewash, perfume bottles, ribbons, etc.
Source - "History in costumes. From pharaoh to dandy". Author - Anna Blaze, artist - Daria Chaltykyan
So, in view of the upcoming festivals and the influx of people, we continue to create a manual for "children")
The first two parts, regarding fabric and color, can be viewed in this blog, and now let's take a quick look at the men's suit. In this part, we will not delve into various ancient Greek subtleties, a variety of names, the evolution of a costume, etc. Let's focus on the applied part and simplicity: so that even a fool can understand what, how and what to do. Considering the experience of the previous story, we simplify, exaggerate and reduce even more, because otherwise people do not understand.
Starting the main part of the report, I will draw the reader's attention to the fact that the very logic of ancient Greek clothing was very different from modern: the Greeks cut clothes to a minimum, almost all Greek clothing consists, roughly speaking, of rectangles tied up in a certain way, hemmed or stabbed to the body. To achieve the same decorative effects, drapery and fabric trim were used. In this regard, the choice of fabric must be approached very carefully.
Chiton.
This is sleeveless underwear, which, for some reason, we often like to incorrectly call a “tunic”. The chiton could be worn without any other clothes, but more often with a cloak (himation, chlamys).
Chiton in the literature is often divided into two types (besides a bunch of others): Dorian and Ionian (the name, respectively, from the Dorians and Ionians). Dorian, as it were, is considered a "simple" short tunic, and Ionian - a long one. Sometimes you can find the definition of Dorian as woolen, and Ionian as linen. If you look at the nuances, then confusion sets in. We will not hit this casuistry here, we just remember that there is such a division, but how it was in men's suit In reality, no one seems to really know. Most likely, the Ionian tunic was, indeed, longer and wider (which led to the choice of thinner fabric), and the Dorian one was simple, short “for men”. In reality, it is difficult to say where one type ends and another begins, since the chitons were quite diverse, and it is difficult to find any clear boundaries for the use of long/short/wide/woolen/linen chitons. Well, in Sparta, for example, a lush linen tunic is definitely impossible.
Material: linen, wool.
The design of the chiton is extremely simple: it is a rectangular panel wrapped around the left side, sewn on the right side, or simply tied with a belt so that the edges on the right are on top of each other (remember that with the second option, an embarrassment unpleasant for a modern person can occur in the form of unintentional exposure fillet part). On the clavicles (in the picture below from the network - at points A and B), the chiton is either pinned to brooches or sewn together.
This design allows, if necessary, to completely release the right hand, as also shown in the figure below (this was used, for example, by warriors and artisans, for the latter there was even a special type of working tunic made of coarse fabric, sewn only on the left shoulder - exomis)
We measure the length of the fabric from the top of the collarbone to the middle of the knee (+ margin for hemming). The width of the fabric for an average person will be approximately 2 meters (i.e., in the finished, “folded” form, the width of the tunic will be 1 m) or more. It should be noted that increasing the width will create more draperies, and in general it will all look better, but overkill. dense fabric may not go into folds and puff a little on the sides.
Here you can clearly see what size it is, and how the armholes of the linen tunic “behave” (here the total (! That is, two sides) width of the fabric is about 2.4 meters)
The bottom of the tunic was necessarily hemmed (an unhemmed bottom is a sign of mourning, insanity or slavery).
The tunic could have been longer, down to the feet. But it seems that its use was mainly associated with sacred rites, the performance of public functions, acting, or the advanced age of the wearer. In general, this is a very "decent" option.
With such a pattern, especially if the sides are sewn together, the rule applies: the longer the tunic, the wider it should be. For convenience, it could be tied with a cord, as is done with the Delphic charioteer.
In this way, a shorter chiton could also be tied up. In this case, peculiar "sleeves" are formed.
The same sleeves could be obtained by pulling together another type of chiton with a belt, which was sewn according to the logic of making clothes more familiar to us: something like a shirt without sleeves. Perhaps just such a variant we see on the Taman relief.
Perhaps this design was used when using a denser fabric.
Belt.
The tunic was girded with a belt. The belt was woven. On the machine, reed or planks. With or without brushes.
Usually, attention is not focused on him in a suit. Often it is under the lap of a tunic, even a braided cord or, for example, a sling, will do here.
Fur / leather "tunic"
Images of similar clothes have come down to us, obviously sewn from leather or hides. Given that our climate is very different from warm Greece, such finds are extremely important for us.
mantle
Mainly road and military raincoat. It could be worn both with a tunic and as the only garment.
Material - wool. Judging by the descriptions and logic, it can be quite dense, including with a fleece. Homer's "shaggy cloaks" just refer to chlamys-like clothing.
The design is also easier than ever. On average, this is a rectangle of 2 by 1.5 meters. Maybe a little more or a little less, depending on the complexion of the chlamydon.
It is worn as in the picture, fastened with a fibula on the right shoulder. The right hand remains free.
Pay attention to the pictures: if you look closely, you will see small weights on the hanging corners of the cloak. They could be either bronze (copper, gold) or lead. The latter, most likely, were sewn into peculiar woven "bags". The weight of such a weight is quite small. In terms of dimensions, it is approximately the same as an early medieval button, maybe more. Its purpose is to slightly weight the edge so that the clothes drape better. You don't need to be too healthy. Of course, a cloak with heavy weights can effectively get phones in the alley, but when worn (especially when running), such a chlamys beats its owner quite hard.
There were also other ways to wear these cloaks.
Again, see the Taman relief in the section on chitons. There, a cloak, most likely a mantle, is wrapped up like a roll and tied with a belt on top.
It should also be noted that cloaks of this type were also made from other materials: Aristophanes in the comedy "Birds" mentions a leather cloak (alas, the author does not speak Greek and is not familiar with the original source, but perhaps this cloak was like a mantle. Or perhaps correct another translation, where all this is translated as a “bib” (possibly a tunic).
In addition, sometimes the images reflect the use of skins in a manner similar to the chlamys (as a striking example, Hercules with his lion skin, which he often wears in fine art as a cloak), as well as fur cloaks, as in the chthonic image below. Such products, presumably, had a purely utilitarian value and were used mainly by the dense rural population or in some extraordinary cases when protection from rain or cold was needed. Pay attention, by the way, that the cloak of the fleeing shepherd is tritely tied in a knot.
Himatius.
This is what is called a decent cloak for a decent Greek. In this form, you need to be, for example, in a national assembly, recline at a symposium, make sacrifices to the gods, or simply walk in honor around your native policy.
Material - wool. Special attention should be paid to the choice of wool here. It should be soft and textured enough to drape well and not slip when wrapped. Rigid fabric will bristle, and "slippery" will not let you roll up - a couple of movements, and the himation will be on the ground.
Too thick, harsh or boneless wool for himation is unlikely to work. When buying, attach the fabric to your shoulder, see how it drapes, slips or not.
In shape, it is still the same rectangle with approximate dimensions of 1.5-2 by 3.5-4 meters. BUT! Before making your own hematium, I would recommend experimenting with a cut of some cheap fabric, such as calico, to see how it all looks in the end. The dimensions of the himation are quite individual, and taking into account the amount of tissue spent on it, it will be very disappointing to make a mistake in the calculations. Take the calico with a margin, try to wrap yourself in it, both in the images and in some other way, see what happens.
They usually wore it “to the right”: they left the end hanging from the left shoulder, passed it along the back, under the right arm, and brought it either back to the left shoulder or the left arm, as in the picture.
However, Greek clothing is good because it can be draped in different ways.
Not forgetting, however, about the rules of decency. In general, the Greeks paid special attention to the decency of clothes. Proper wearing of clothes, the ability to drape it properly was considered a sign, among other things, of education, civilization, nobility and in general. This was especially true of the himation, as a "ceremonial-exit" attire. Let's draw a very simplified, inaccurate and rough, but I hope understandable analogy. A hoodie with the inscription "enemy of man" can be worn on a T-shirt or on a white body, even with jeans, even with shorts, even with berets, even with sneakers, even with conceptual slippers. But if we put on a three-piece suit with green boots, then 99% that it will not be very good.
There were many features of wearing himation. So, it was bad form to “stretch out the left hand”, only the right was open. Only closer to Hellenism, some figures such as Aeschines, speaking to the audience, opened it. Propriety also concerned the size and type of himation: a too short cloak was a sign of a redneck who was used to walking on guanoterra, and, for example, his ill-wishers tried to mock Alcibiades for his excessively long and magnificent cloak, dragging along the ground ...
Such nuances "die" in the first place. Already in a hundred years, our descendants are unlikely to understand why and by what unknown signs in people in seemingly identical jackets from the beginning of the 21st century, their contemporaries guessed: a participant in the congress of agronomists, a homosexual director, a brother or a museum worker.
Summing up the intermediate result, we will probably never know all the features of decent behavior and wearing clothes.
And this is not the main thing, you need not only to know, but also to be able to. Wrap yourself up in a himation just like the respected people depicted above, you will not be able to do it on the first try.
In general, most likely, the ancient Greek, if he saw our modern attempts to dress decently in ancient Greek, would have decided that this action was from an unfamiliar genre of tragicomedy. But so that he does not feel bad at all, before wearing clothes, especially solemn ones, it would be nice to learn in detail, study and try out in practice at least what modern mankind knows. And, of course, focus on images.
Hats.
Pylos - most likely a felt all-welded cap.
The same name has a helmet of identical shape. We can assume the use of such a thick cap by "homeless people" instead of a helmet.
Petas - a hat, probably, most often also felt all-woven, but it seems that the existence of straw variants can also be assumed. Used for travel and also riders. The shape of the petas was quite diverse, from a clearly defined hat-hat to a strange design, where the central “extruded” part is clearly less than the diameter of the head.
Often the hat has a kind of “pip” at the top. It is also worth noting the presence of straps with which the petas was tied up on the chin and held in case of reclining from the head.
Kine (Kune) described as a felt or leather cap for sailors/artisans
Canonically, it is presented as a kind of kamelavka (for some reason I can’t find a suitable illustration, as soon as I find it, I will definitely supplement the article).
It seems that this definition could include a fairly large group of headdresses, which were also knitted and possibly sewn from pieces of woven material / leather.
Pay attention to the similarity of a pompom and a circular stripe at the top of the cap.
probably, knitted hat with "pip".
It should also be noted other headwear . First of all, it is a kind of, probably, fur hat present in the images of rural people.
The headdress, which in appearance resembles a pilos, but has small folded brim, due to which it is somewhat remotely similar to a Tyrolean, is also, most likely, all-welded. It is also likely that this was one of the ways in which the pilos was worn.
Here we also mention balaclavas :
Sticking out from under helmets
Wreaths and ribbons
Here it must be borne in mind that these are rather specific headdresses, often used in special occasions(for example, on symposiums) and having different meanings. So, for example, ribbons (woven, embroidered), with which they tied their heads, were often the reward of athletes for winning competitions and at the same time evidence of this.
They played in the life of the ancient Greeks big role and were rare. Wreaths were awarded to athletes - winners of competitions, the wreath was used as a state award, and finally, the wreath was an integral part of the celebration.
The most famous to modern man is the laurel wreath, an integral symbol of winners and triumphs of all stripes.
It was also an award at the famous Pythian games in ancient Greece. Other games had their own kind of wreath - at the Olympic Games - olive, at the Nemean - from celery, at the Isthmian - from pine branches. Each type of such a wreath had its own special meaning. So, the laurel is a symbol of Apollo, in whose honor the Pythian Games were held, the wedding with a wreath of wild olive trees was explained by the fact that Hercules, who founded the Olympic Games, established it this way. In addition, plants carried a certain semantic load. For example, celery was very closely associated with mourning, funerals, and the like.
In addition to the four above-mentioned all-Hellenic games - agons, there were many more both large and small-town sports competitions (in fact, the competitions, which were also a peculiar way of honoring the gods, were arranged by the ancient Greeks with or without a reason: Patroclus died - they staged games, went out to sea - arranged games), on which a certain type of wreath could also serve as a prize.
Award wreaths could also be made of metals. In the surviving written sources about the life of the Black Sea policies there are descriptions of rewarding for special merits with a golden wreath (in this case, as a rule, the weight of the wreath is indicated). Such wreaths are also found in burials. Moreover, one should pay attention to the fact that some of them are clearly votive, i.e. in this case, made directly for the funeral rite - they are very thin, fragile and clearly not intended to be worn. Others were worn during the life of the owner - the design is more massive, and sometimes there are traces of repair.
Wreaths were also used during sacred ceremonies. During various kinds of holidays dedicated to Dionysus, there were wreaths of vines or ivy.
In addition to award wreaths, as already mentioned, there were also household wreaths used on holidays (weddings, symposia, religious celebrations, etc.). Such wreaths, in addition to those established by tradition for certain festivities, could be very different: they were selected according to the color scheme, even according to the aroma. For example, the case of the arrival of Alcibiades to the symposia in a wreath of violets is described. There was even a kind of wreath vendors who were already selling finished goods, woven from a variety of colors. Well, the soldiers of Xenophon, having settled down for a halt in an unknown barn in an unknown hole on the edge of the world, for lack of a better one, crowned themselves with wreaths of hay-straw.
In short, you can’t forbid feasting beautifully, crowning yourself with wreaths.
embellishments
Here we have two conflicting points. On the one hand, the Greeks considered the use of any jewelry unworthy of a man. On the other hand, it is clear that the fashion to adorn oneself, pamper oneself and fall into insignificance has always pursued humanity.
But still, we can confidently say that the abundance of dartsupags, especially the presence of such things as hryvnias, earrings, rings, bracelets, is a sign of a modern Vikingos husband, an effeminate, barbarian, and in general - something obscene and not worthy of respect. Such objects can be found among a Thracian, a Persian, a woman, but not a Greek.
However, this does not mean the complete absence of jewelry.
fibulae
Brooches were often used to fasten cloaks and to pin a chiton on the shoulders. I will not expand on them. Since the ideal that the article unsuccessfully strives for is simplicity, pragmatism and minimalism. Besides, I don't understand them at all.
Well, an example for drooling.
rings
Rings were another type of breaks available to peasants. They were different and, as a rule, with a seal.
Some kind of amulets could also be used, especially in Hellenistic times.
Shoes.
To be honest, I don’t want to get into shoe topics at all. This is at least a very long time. Therefore, in short.
Ancient Greek shoes are far from being exhausted by all known sandals. There were a huge variety of types and options for shoes. Here we will touch on some aspects of manufacturing and interesting, from the point of view of a Russian person and our climate, options.
We remember that a modern centimeter or so saddlecloth was absent in those distant times. The maximum thickness of the skin could be 3-4 mm, well, 5 =). At the same time, the dressing was quite diverse, and the skill of shoemakers was extremely high.
Shoes could be decorated with various ornaments, could be painted.
On the soles, they could do everything with carnations, up to inscriptions like “follow me” or something like that of one hetaera.
Preserved shoes of the ancient Greeks quite a bit. Personally, (although this does not mean anything) I know only "sneakers" of the 3rd century BC. from Hellenistic Egypt.
There are still enough finds of late Roman shoes and Roman caliga - soldier's sandals. There is reason to believe that the design features of the slip-on schools were similar: this is the sole, to which such a thing is nailed
Then we put/glue/sew another leather insole on top.
In some cases, the upper could be sewn to the sole, as on modern boots. We catch the difference - we will have a multilayer sole reinforced with studs at the base, and not a thin sole sewn to the top with an eversion seam, as in early medieval or medieval shoes.
However, there were exceptions. First of all, it is worth noting the so-called. Scythians, that is, borrowed Scythian shoes that could be worn by the inhabitants of the Northern Black Sea region (of course, not in a pretentious atmosphere). In order not to explain for a long time, let's give an example of an excellent reconstruction performed by Yakov Vnukov.
The local version of the pistons was widely distributed, apparently called "carbatides".
Sandals with hard soles could have a similar shape of the top.
In addition, it is necessary to note all the various boots, most likely of Eastern or Thracian origin.
Thracian "boots" were distinguished by characteristic scallops.
We note some more interesting views shoes.
Socks and windings.
All this, upon closer inspection, was found abound.
The windings, most likely, were woven entirely, the socks were knitted with a needle and, possibly, crocheted.
Hercules has windings with a pattern (probably woven)
As an option, perhaps, as a pulling of an owl on the globe of the version, the use of socks sewn from fabric / felt and leggings from the northern neighbors
bags
Handbags and wallets hanging from the belt, in which all the good is stored, this, alas, is not about the Greeks. In general, it must be remembered that a free and prosperous citizen, going to a national assembly or somewhere else to make noise and get drunk, had a specially trained slave to carry things, which is much more convenient than any wallets. Well, that one, as well as a person who went somewhere for a long time, already took more serious bags.
However, there were pouches and purses, although no clinging to the belt was seen anywhere. Such wallets are fixed, as a rule (which gives an idea that shekels were still placed there), when buying a girl
Or boy
Pay attention to the grid in the last picture. They are quite common.
There are also all kinds of bags, which are usually called "shepherd's" and "slinger's bags", although their purpose is clearly not limited to this.
Gloves
There are references to them. In particular, the Persians were mocked that they used gloves not to protect themselves from the cold, but to prevent anything from happening to delicate skin. But, alas, I do not know of any images.
Staff
Almost forgot about one important thing. The costume of a free man often complemented the staff. It could be just like a sanded wooden stick.
So is a carved staff with a carved knob, sometimes painted or covered with patterns.
Bosporan men's suit
Well, finally we come to the most interesting. As we can see, the Greeks were quite insulated. We have already seen fur coats, warm raincoats, socks and closed shoes. But for you and me with our climate, this is clearly not enough.
As it was for the colonists in the Northern Black Sea region. Who thinks that it is dry and warm all year round, here are some of the consequences of Bora, not that far from the Kerch Strait
It is believed that by the 5th-4th century, the so-called. The Bosporan costume has already taken shape. In short, this is a kind of tunic with sleeves, most likely worn under a tunic, as well as rather tight trousers worn with closed shoes. Such a costume is believed to be based on the borrowing of local (Scythian) costume elements by the colonists due to climatic conditions and a certain mutual influence. However, this can be argued, since the trousers of the Greek colonists, unlike the Scythian ones, are rather narrow in the images that have come down to us. And if this can be attributed to the peculiarities of the iso-sources, then clearly unopened clothing - a "tunic" with long sleeves, worn under a tunic, is completely uncharacteristic of the Scythian costume. Moreover, both female and male.
I can’t say reasonably enough, but it seems that these could be elements of the costume that the Milesians (Miletus is a city in Asia Minor), who brought out all the Bosporan colonies, borrowed from the Persians in an earlier period (Persian pants - Anaxarides, probably were narrower than the Scythian "harem pants", they also had a non-open shirt), or some kind of Greek development, sometimes fixed on non-sporan images, again, eastern, i.e. presumably Persian clothing, episodically penetrating the Greek costume (tight pants, sleeves, etc.)
compare.
Two below. Here we already see a Persian-like shirt, worn without any tunic.
Somewhere since the 3rd century, the fixation of such a costume is already widespread in pictorial sources.
It is likely that the Greeks until that time, in a sense, shied away from these elements of "barbarian" clothing, since the wearing of the Greek costume emphasized their (as well as the Hellenized representatives of the local population) belonging to the Hellenic civilization. Purely Greek clothing, most likely, was used on solemn occasions, as well as, as they say, "decent society." The clothes of the device described above could be used during work and everyday life, as well as on hikes and travels. Gradually, it must be assumed, it became more and more familiar, until it completely (perhaps by the turn of the era) pushed back the classic Greek costume. Along with it, a really local (in our case, Scythian) costume was used, in full or in the form of separate elements. It is logical to think that it was used, first of all, by the local population who settled in the Bosporus cities and villages, and, of course, by the Greeks themselves.
Most likely, the material used for this kind of clothing is wool, which is due both to its purpose and to the traditions of the Iranian costume.
But this is just a theory.
As for the reconstruction, no one knows the exact cut of these clothes. Everything has come down to us in the form of images. Moreover, we will not see pants above the middle of the thigh anywhere, the cut of the tunic is also difficult to recognize.
When cutting pants in the pattern itself, free interpretations are allowed, taking into account, however, the simplicity of such archaic cutting. Here you can also focus on the neighboring steppe samples, which had a fairly simple cut from slightly tapering kniu rectangular trousers and a diamond-shaped gusset. Most likely, there was no internal damper. A cord that was belted directly over the fabric. However, since the Bosporan pants are not worn just like that, the use of a cord threaded inside will not be a big sin;)
You can try to make such obscenity as on these Pazyryk pants.
Clothing with long sleeves, as mentioned above, is also found in Greek images proper, but it is usually hidden under a chiton.
Sometimes such sleeves are decorated in the "oriental" style - with a heel or a traced texture of a multi-colored "herringbone". Perhaps this emphasizes the non-Greek origin and perception of such clothing.
The cut, as already mentioned, can probably be correlated with the intended cut (the shirts that have come down to us have not been preserved, including fortune-telling on coffee grounds here too) of Persian non-opening clothes. Or with a later cut of Byzantine tunics.
With a flat neckline, narrow sleeves and no wedges.
Something like this. About the finish (embroidery, tact, heel, somehow later).
Olga Salnik
Dear colleagues, I want to present you a master class suit, which can come in handy for any matinee, this hero costume!
What's Included heroic costume?
Mainly:
1. Shirt.
2. Protection.
6. Boots.
So, let's begin!
1. SHIRT.
For this, we take the usual white shirt and a special braid with embroidery. Trim the cuffs and collar. We sew the braid along the edge of the collar and along the edge of the shelf, on which the loops are located -15-20 cm. Down. We also sew the braid along the bottom of the sleeves.
That's what happened!
2. PROTECTION.
For protection, we take an ordinary cloth. "two-thread". We cut along the shirt, only a little longer and wider. The neck, respectively, is made a little larger, the sleeves are shorter. On the bottom of the sleeves and along the edge of the neckline we sew a gray oblique trim.
On sewn-on details acrylic paint silvery color we draw an ornament.
Protection is ready!
There are no special preferences here. You can take any pants suitable in color and wide enough.
We need thick cardboard for the helmet. We make such a preparation.
We glue the part according to the allowances with a glue gun.
We paint our helmet with bronze-colored spray paint. (I took with hammer effect).
Weave a braid from knitting threads and glue it along the edge of the helmet.
Our helmet is ready!
On the raincoat, you need a piece of red lining fabric - 1 meter and a gold braid for decoration.
We outline and cut the neck and bottom.
Then we sew a gold braid along the edges, and a braid with embroidery along the neck.
Sew ties along the edges of the neckline (gold braid). And our coat is ready!
6. BOOTS.
We make such a pattern of parts and a substitute skin.
We sew all the details along the edges.
We sew a silver braid along the upper edge of the boots. And the boots are ready!
With a spear, everything is very simple! We take a polyethylene pipe and cardboard. We paint the pipe with spray paint - bronze, and form a tip from cardboard (we also paint it with spray paint). We connect one with another glue gun and the spear is ready!
For the shield, we need cardboard, bronze spray paint, gouache paint (red and ocher, thick threads, wide elastic band, glue gun.
From cardboard cut out four circles of different sizes. We paint them with colors. On the second circle we form a pattern of threads. On the first circle we make slots and insert the elastic (for arm attachment). There should be two mounts to make it more convenient to hold the shield. Next, we collect our shield (glue the circles together).
In the end, here's what happened.
Here is Dobrynya Nikitich!
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The story "King Herod" tells of a boy who, trying to study distinctive features character of King Herod, believed with all his heart in the begotten Savior. Do you think this can't be? I assure you, it can! And if an adult who believes in the Lord cannot remain silent about Him, then a child to whom the Lord has revealed himself is able to make many adults think with his word.
- Hush, guys, hush! - trying to restore the silence, asked the teacher.
Children, on the other hand, vigorously discussed what they heard, and everyone wanted to put out their idea or proposal. Anastasia Dmitrievna waited another minute or two and asked again:
- Let's continue reading, we will discuss later ...
- They tell you to be quiet! Sasha suddenly shouted at the girls sitting in front.
Gradually silence reigned, and Anastasia Dmitrievna continued reading:
- “Then Herod, seeing himself ridiculed by the Magi, became very angry and sent to beat all the babies in Bethlehem and within it, from two years old and below, according to the time that he found out from the Magi…”
- Here is a robber, - Seryozha Dunaev could not resist commenting.
- And no one spared? Irochka Matveeva was horrified.
- I didn’t regret it ... - the teacher answered, - will you continue to listen?
After reading a little more, she turned over a few pages and offered to listen to another text that also tells about the birth of Jesus Christ. Having finished reading, Anastasia Dmitrievna said to the children:
- I think that we need to choose three or four people from the class who will write the script itself. They can write it together, or they can each write their own. Then we will choose best script and put on a play. Role performers can be selected now, so as not to gather the whole class together again.
“Can I,” Sasha Nikitin declared loudly, “I will play King Herod ?!
– Herod? Anastasia Dmitrievna repeated thoughtfully. - Maybe we will skip this episode from the script?
- No, no, - the children protested, - let's write everything as it was!
After waiting another minute or two, the teacher raised her hand and signaled to the class, and the children began to quiet down.
- Well, well, - she agreed, - let's write the script strictly according to the text. But I would ask the authors, those who will write, not to shirk and not invent anything superfluous. Once your script is ready, bring it to me and we'll finalize it together. It is necessary to put the meaning and essence of Christmas itself into the story of the Nativity of Christ ...
The children listened attentively to their teacher. They knew that she believed in Jesus Christ. It often happened that during the lesson Anastasia Dmitrievna gave examples from the Bible, quoting the text of the Holy Scriptures. And, despite the fact that there was not a single child in the class with believing parents, the children knew quite a lot about God.
Loudly discussing the upcoming work, the guys left the classroom. They had a lot of work to do. First you need to write a script, then choose those who can play it on stage. The guys were ready to learn words, conduct rehearsals - in a word, work.
After just a week, the script was ready. Now the sixth grade students approved the performers for the roles. Those who did not receive any role received other tasks. Some had to learn poetry, others to take care of the musical accompaniment and scenery.
The days of rehearsals dragged on. The children tried their best to make this performance as interesting as possible. Sometimes Anastasia Dmitrievna and the head teacher Olga Efimovna were present at the rehearsals. This show was supposed to be on holiday competition on the occasion of the feast of the Nativity of Christ. All high school students participated. It was planned to hold a holiday in a large assembly hall and invite not only all students and teachers, but also parents ...
– Kill! - Sasha Nikitin shouted menacingly, playing the role of King Herod. - Kill everyone! Kill all baby boys!
“An actor, a born actor,” the head teacher Olga Efimovna quietly commented while sitting in the hall.
This new king must die! Sasha shook his fist, continuing his role. - I am a king! And no one else will be king instead of me.
- Stop, stop! - Artem Kuznetsov interrupted the course of the rehearsal. He was chosen by the director and now worked out the course of the performance:
- Warriors, servants! Where are you?! What are you, like sleeping, barely moving? Before you is a formidable king, you must tremble before him. To the call to run hastily, to listen to the order, head down and not moving. And then it seems that you and this king have lunch together every day in the dining room, and you have no fear of him at all ...
“Come on,” Anastasia Dmitrievna called Olga Efimovna quietly, “let the children work, let’s not embarrass them.”
They quietly got up and left the room. Returning to her office, Anastasia Dmitrievna began checking notebooks. Forty minutes later, there was a knock on the door.
- Can? Sasha Nikitin asked, sticking his head in the door.
“Ah, Sasha,” the teacher smiled, “come in, come in…”
Sasha entered the classroom and closed the door behind him.
- Anastasia Dmitrievna, did you like how we played today? he asked as he approached the teacher's desk.
- Yes, - the teacher nodded her head, - you are really good fellows.
Sasha threw off his bag with textbooks and sat down at the first desk opposite the teacher.
- Only ... - Anastasia Dmitrievna began uncertainly, - don't you think that you are playing your role very actively?
- In what sense? Sasha asked.
“Well,” the teacher explained, “it’s as if you actually wish the death of a newborn Baby.
“Ah…” Sasha laughed, “that's how you should play the part. Like in reality. The guys say that I am the best in my role. After all, King Herod really was such a bloodthirsty and evil king, wasn't he?
“Yes,” said Anastasia Dmitrievna, closing the checked notebook, “but you are not really Herod. I'm not talking about Herod now, but about you...
Sasha was confused.
- What am I doing wrong? the boy asked.
“Actually, it’s all right,” the teacher replied evasively.
Sasha became thoughtful, and then his eyes fell on a small, black book, from which Anastasia Dmitrievna read to the children about the birth of Jesus Christ. And, as if remembering the purpose of his visit, he brightened up and asked:
- Anastasia Dmitrievna, - I wanted to ask you to read this book. After all, we are already speaking tomorrow, and I want to re-read the whole plot myself, maybe I will catch something else from the character of King Herod. Still, I have to imitate him, because I'm an actor ...
- Yes, of course, - taking the Gospel, the teacher handed it to the boy, - read it. Just look, do not imitate Herod in life.
- What do you! Sasha exclaimed. - I'm not a freak.
– Many who live today are not monsters, but they act like Herod. In Christianity, there is the concept of the birth of Jesus Christ in the heart of a person, in other words, a person accepts the born Baby Jesus into his heart. But the one who rejects the Lord with his heart is like King Herod beating or driving Jesus Christ out of his heart.
Sasha smiled shyly and, accepting the New Testament from the teacher's hands, hesitantly answered:
- I'm only on the stage, King Herod.
In the evening, having had a hasty dinner and wishing parents Good night Sasha retired to his room. Only now did he remember that he had not asked the teacher where exactly in the Gospel the birth of Jesus was mentioned. But this thought did not bother the boy at all. He took out the Holy Book and opened it. Previously, he somehow did not have to hold the Gospel in his hands, and, as he believed, there was no need for this. Now, as he turned over the thin, rustling pages, the boy felt a sense of awe that he had never known before. To his great joy, the story of the birth of the Child came immediately after a strange list of ancient names that the boy did not read. Carefully analyzing the events of the Nativity of Christ, to his disappointment, Sasha did not learn anything new about Tsar Herod. But without realizing it, he continued to read. He became very interested in the Divine Child! Reading the Sermon on the Mount of Jesus, the boy's face became serious, reading about healing, his heart was filled with joy. When Jesus was tempted by the Pharisees and scribes, Sasha mentally resented them, and the wise words of the Teacher aroused delight in the boy. No, he had never been so intimately acquainted with Jesus before. Now the great Teacher from heaven was becoming an authority for Sasha. How much time Sasha spent on the Gospel, he did not know, and it did not bother him ... Now one could see anxiety in his eyes. One of the Lord's disciples betrayed him! How could he?! The guards took Jesus, beat him, mocked him, and then crucified him. Having read to the point where it is described how the coffin with the body of Christ was sealed, Sasha closed the Gospel. Wearily rubbing his eyes, the boy got ready for bed and got into bed. It was already quite late, but sleep had fled from him. All his thoughts were there, in this little book: “Why? Why? Why was He crucified like a robber? Somehow, my heart felt heavy and I wanted to cry. Sasha was not a weak boy and did not allow himself to relax and shed tears. But now something was going on in his heart, and he couldn't explain it. Finally the boy fell asleep.
In the morning, getting out of bed, the first thing Sasha looked at was the book lying on the table. And he had a question: “What happened then?” He quickly washed and dressed, and began to look for the place where he finished yesterday's reading. Here it is! Running his eyes over the lines, the boy joyfully exclaimed:
- Blimey! – and, slapping his forehead, began to reproach himself. – I heard before that He was resurrected, I heard! How did I forget that?!
In a good mood, Sasha hurried to school. All classes have been canceled today. Today, their class had to perform in such a way as to take first place. Arriving at the classroom, the boy found his classmates in the collection. The boys scurried around like bees in a hive. Everyone was somehow fussing, the girls groaned and sighed, and the actors examined their costumes.
- Hey, Herod! Artyom Kuznetsov called Sasha. - Come on, hurry up, otherwise you will miss your exit.
And then Sasha blushed. Only yesterday he was proud of his role and the name of Herod. After all, he played the role of a king! But now he suddenly felt uncomfortable because they called him Herod, and a heavy stone fell on his soul.
“You yourself are Herod,” he responded to the director’s call.
Taking out the most beautiful costume of King Herod, he suddenly thought with anguish that he would gladly change his sparkling clothes for a simple shepherd's robe.
“Listen,” Sasha turned to Artyom, “come on, I’d rather be a shepherd.” I don't want to play Herod.
– What are you?! Artyom got scared. What fly bit you? You yourself wanted to play this role!
“I wanted to,” Sasha agreed, “but now I don’t want to!”
Artyom, seeing that Sasha was not joking, was completely furious. All the kids in the class were silent.
- You should have thought before! Artyom was indignant. “That’s not good, you’re letting the whole class down!” All our labors were in vain!
Artyom did not notice how the teacher quietly entered the classroom. She immediately guessed what it was about. And when the guys saw her, they rushed to her in a crowd and vied with each other to complain that Sasha Nikitin was refusing to play his part. Sasha didn't move. He didn't know what to expect now. But Anastasia Dmitrievna, holding back her smile, looked at him somehow in a special way.
- Hush, guys, hush! - the teacher said in a calm tone, - there is no need to panic, we will settle everything now.
But there was no time for discussion. After talking this way and that way, Anastasia Dmitrievna turned to Sasha:
– We cannot now exclude the episode about King Herod. The guys worked on it, took care of the costumes and scenery. If we remove the role of Herod, we will also need to remove the role of soldiers and scribes… It is necessary to resolve the issue somehow differently.
And then all the guys began to ask, persuade and beg Sasha to play his role. Sasha hesitated for a while and finally gave in:
"All right," he managed slowly, "I'll try."
And so, dressed in dazzling royal clothes, with a crown on his head, Herod stands backstage, waiting for his exit. But where did his former pomposity and pride go? Indecisive and timid, like one of the servants, Sasha stood and fiddled with the sleeve of his robe until Artyom gently pushed him towards the exit. Taking a deep breath, our hero imperiously marches across the stage. So a messenger came and reported about the foreign magicians, so Herod called the scribes, asking them about the place where the Messiah was to be born. Now he meets the Magi, talking to them kindly and courteously. The wise men, having listened to the request of the king, bowed and left.
- Well done! Artem praised Sasha backstage. “Now the last scene remains, you have to endure it.
Sasha didn't answer, he didn't want anything anymore. The curtain opened again, and King Herod, sitting on the throne, appeared before the audience. A warrior ran in and, bowing before the king, reported that the Magi, having bowed to the Infant, had gone to their country by another route, without informing Herod of the location of the Infant. Herod got up. A moment is silence.
Oh, if one could now look into this child's heart!
"Crucify him, crucify him!" - the image of a roaring crowd appeared before the boy's gaze. "Death to Him!" - as in reality the boy imagined the evil Pharisees. But this was all later, after King Herod shouted in anger: “Kill Him! To kill him! Kill everyone!"
“No, I can’t,” Sasha whispered, feeling his sweat break out from excitement.
And suddenly he resolutely stepped across the stage towards the hall and spoke:
- It was a long time ago. The evil and bloodthirsty King Herod sought to kill the newborn Jesus Christ and therefore commanded the destruction of all newborn babies.
And, extending his hand into the hall, he asked just as firmly:
Are there any among you who want the death of Jesus?
– If not, then why every time He wants to be born in your heart, you, like King Herod, beat and cast out the newborn Christ?!
This question of a simple schoolboy echoed through the hall and hung over those who were sitting. Meanwhile, Artyom Kuznetsov, being backstage, was intensely biting his nails, and when Tsar Herod asked the whole audience a question, Artyom, taking advantage of the pause, ordered to increase the sounds of disturbing music and pressed the button that lowered the curtain.
Without explaining to anyone, Sasha left the stage. He was sure that now the guys would despise him, but that didn't bother him anymore. A feeling of jubilation filled the boy's heart. Running into the classroom, he threw off his royal clothes and, grabbing his jacket, was about to go home, but at the very door of the classroom he almost ran into Anastasia Dmitrievna.
- Sasha! The teacher looked at him with shining eyes. - I'm happy for you, Sasha!
And suddenly she hugged him. Sasha cried:
– I couldn’t, forgive me, I couldn’t… He was born in my heart, I’m not King Herod!
- I know, I know, - putting her hands on the boy's shoulders, the teacher assured, - I understood this in the morning, in your eyes. I've been praying for you all this time in the hall. You played your part excellently. It was even better than I expected!
- Truth?! the boy exclaimed happily.
- It was said so to the point, so on time. You are a brave boy, carry this faith throughout your life. Now let's go, we need to go back to the hall. I am sure that our performance was the best and for many it will become a serious topic for reflection.
Galina Shperling
The story was included in the book "My Dear Mother".
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