प्राचीन ग्रीस में महिलाओं द्वारा पहने हुए एक परिधान; कंधों पर पकड़ा गया कपड़ा और कमर में सिलवटों में लिपटा हुआ

peplus's Usage Examples:

One of these rites originally consisted in carrying a new peplus (the state robe of Athena) through the streets to the Acropolis to clothe the ancient carved image of the goddess, a ceremonial known in other cities and represented by the writer of the Iliad (vi.

- Meeting with Glaucus - Visit of Hector to the (I-31 I) city, and offering of a peplus to Athena.

After the presentation of the peplus, the hecatomb was sacrificed.

At least as early as the 3rd century B.C. the custom was introduced of spreading the peplus like a sail on the mast of a ship, which was rolled on a machine in the procession.

The peplus was a costly, saffron-coloured garment, embroidered with scenes from the battle between the gods and giants, in which Athena had taken part.

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.

On his arrival at Psophis in Arcadia, he was purified by its king Phegeus, whose daughter Arsinoe (or Alphesiboea) he married, making her a present of the fatal necklace and the peplus of Harmonia.

(6) The Plynteria and Callynteria, at which her ancient image and peplus in the Erechtheum and the temple itself were cleaned, with a procession in which bunches of figs (frequently used in lustrations) were carried.

The custom of offering a beautifully woven peplus at the Panathenaic festival is connected with her character as Ergane the goddess of industry.'

As early as Homer she takes especial interest in the occupations of women; she makes Hera's robe and her own peplus, and spinning and weaving are often called "the works of Athena."

peplus's Meaning':

a garment worn by women in ancient Greece; cloth caught at the shoulders and draped in folds to the waist

Synonyms:

peplos, peplum, garment,

Antonyms:

undergarment, overgarment, undress, overdress,