Kausia

Two 4th and 3rd century BC terracotta statues from Athens depicting Ancient Greeks wearing the kausia.

The kausia or causia (Ancient Greek: καυσία[1]) was an ancient Macedonian flat hat. A purple kausia was worn by the Macedonian kings as part of the royal costume.[2]

  1. ^ Henry George Liddell; Robert Scott. "καυσία". A Greek-English Lexicon – via Perseus.
  2. ^ Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), Causia Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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