Luxuries

While actual jewelry stores were not present in the Agora, jewelers travelled around peddling their wares. They sold bronze and bone hairpins in the early 5th century B.C., and later began peddling ear rings and rings. Gems and metal rings with portraits of women became popular almong the aristocracy.

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Basic toilet items such as mirrors and hairbrushes were held very dear to both men and women. Men cut their hair short, wore beards, and often went to the local barber shop for service and gossip, while women kept their hair long, braided and atop their heads.

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Perfume was a grand treat for anyone in Athens. It consisted of herbs and flowers being boiled down (like that stinky rose stuff that your great grandmother wears). Corinth was the center for perfume manufacturing, and it appears that the bottles were just as important as the perfume itself, much like today's perfume industry.

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