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peplos

Or pep·lus

[pep-luhs]

noun

plural

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



peplos

/ 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

  • peplosed adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of peplos1

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

Origin of peplos1

C18: from Greek, of obscure origin
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Example Sentences

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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.

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Nor would the difficulty be solved if this could be ascertained, as we do not know what ceremonies were performed when the peplos arrived.

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Her flowered muslin peplos hung limply pleated around her shapely body in a succession of thin folds, which blew open and shut.

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At Athens, two maidens chosen in their seventh year, who carried the peplos, and other holy things, ἄῤῥητα, of Pallas in the Scirrophoria.

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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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