peplos

American  

[pep-luhs] / ˈpɛp ləs /

Or peplus

noun

• peploses
  plural

1. a loose-fitting outer garment worn, draped in folds, by women in ancient Greece.

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peplos British  

/ ˈpɛpləs /

noun

1. Also called: peplum. (in ancient Greece) the top part of a woman's attire, caught at the shoulders and hanging in folds to the waist

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• peplosed
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• peploses
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of peplos

First recorded in 1770–80, peplos is from the Greek word péplos (masculine)

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Example Sentences

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peplos

The artistic director at Christian Dior, Maria Grazia Chiuri, opened her couture show with a simple white dress resembling the peplos of classical Greece: a rectangle of cloth draped to make a flowing column.

From The New Yorker ● Jul. 11, 2019

This year, Chiuri printed the peplos with the title of a crucial work of social criticism—Bernard Rudofsky’s “Are Clothes Modern?”—in a typeface inspired by the cloth cover of its first edition, from 1947.

From The New Yorker ● Jul. 11, 2019

Penelope wove the deeds of Ulysses on her loom, and it is suggested by Aristarchus that her peplos served as an historical document for Homer’s “Iliad.”

From Needlework As Art by Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess Alford

After the peplos had been consecrated in the temple it was placed with due solemnities upon the ancient and venerable figure of the goddess, made of olive-wood, and said to have descended from heaven.

From Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne

This image was rudely hewn in wood, it was dressed and decked doll-fashion 180like a May Queen, and to her the great peplos was dedicated.

From Ancient Art and Ritual by Jane Ellen Harrison

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