peplus

Historical Examples of peplus

• "That were easy to tell," Nigidia murmured over the end of the peplus she held.

  Nicanor - Teller of Tales

  C. Bryson Taylor

• There was no garment, like a cloak, to be worn over the peplus.

  Greek Women

  Mitchell Carroll

• The Peplus was covered with embroidery worked by virgins of the noblest families in Athens.

  Stories of Old Greece and Rome

  Emilie Kip Baker

• Is it a question of classical dress—what a tunic was like, or a chlamys, or a peplus?

  Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy

  John Ruskin

• As the peplus was open at the sides, the girdle was the second most important article of feminine attire.

  Greek Women

  Mitchell Carroll