- a variation of peplos.
peplus
Americannoun
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pepluses
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Behind the peplus in less careful array went thousands of citizens of every age and station, all in festival dress, all crowned with flowers.
From A Victor of Salamis by William Stearns Davis
The women wore only one outer garment, the peplus, brought to Hellas from Asia by the Aryans, which garment the Dorian women continued to wear until a late period.
From Greek Women by Mitchell Carroll
And I see thee thus yet, though that peplus hides thee.
From Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero by Jeremiah Curtin
The shafts of Hermes, and the wondrous bow, The helm of Vulcan with its fiery glow, The fine-wrought peplus fluttering in the breeze, Proclaimed the hero valiant Hercules.
From The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1886, Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 6, June, 1886 by Various
Array a rotten olive trunk in the peplus of a woman, and Vinicius will declare it beautiful.
From Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero by Jeremiah Curtin
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