peplus
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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 Carroll, Mitchell
Is it a question of classical dress—what a tunic was like, or a chlamys, or a peplus?
From A Joy For Ever (And Its Price in the Market) by Ruskin, John
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 Davis, William Stearns
There was no garment, like a cloak, to be worn over the peplus.
From Greek Women by Carroll, Mitchell
His new wife longed for the necklace and peplus, and Alcmaeon, returning to Psophis, obtained possession of them, on the pretence that he desired to dedicate them at Delphi.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
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