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peplos
[ pep-luhs ]
noun
- a loose-fitting outer garment worn, draped in folds, by women in ancient Greece.
peplos
/ ˈ±èÉ›±è±ôÉ™²õ /
noun
- (in ancient Greece) the top part of a woman's attire, caught at the shoulders and hanging in folds to the waist Also calledpeplum
Other ˜yÐÄvlogs From
- ±è±ð±è·±ô´Ç²õ±ð»å [pep, -l, uh, st], adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of peplos1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of peplos1
Example Sentences
This year, Chiuri printed the peplos with the title of a crucial work of social criticism—Bernard Rudofsky’s “Are Clothes Modern?â€â€”in a typeface inspired by the cloth cover of its first edition, from 1947.
Nor would the difficulty be solved if this could be ascertained, as we do not know what ceremonies were performed when the peplos arrived.
Her flowered muslin peplos hung limply pleated around her shapely body in a succession of thin folds, which blew open and shut.
At Athens, two maidens chosen in their seventh year, who carried the peplos, and other holy things, ἄῤῥητα, of Pallas in the Scirrophoria.
Over the eastern doorway were twelve noble sitting figures on either side of the officiating priest, presenting the state robe, or peplos, for the vestment of Athene.
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