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Examples of peplos
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The upper part of the peplos was folded down to the waist to form an apoptygma.
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This peplos was placed on the statue of Athena during the festival procession.
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He tells us also that they were the first who made a peplos for Athena Polias.
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Her peplos is cinched at the waist by a pair of serpents, whose tails entwine at the back.
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The peplos was usually a heavier woollen garment, while the chiton was a lighter linen.
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The peplos of the statue was changed each year during the Plynteria.
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A long cloak called a himation was worn over the peplos or chlamys.
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This is usually understood to be the presentation of Athena's peplos, perhaps by the arrhephoroi.
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Each year a newly woven peplos was dedicated to Athena.
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- A garment worn by women in ancient Greece; cloth caught at the shoulders and draped in folds to the waist
- A peplos (Greek: u1F41 u03C0u03ADu03C0u03BBu03BFu03C2) is a body-length garment established as typical attire for women in ancient Greece by 500 BC (the Classical period). It was a long, tubular cloth with the top edge folded down about halfway, so that what was the top of the tube was now draped below the waist, and the bottom of the tube was at the ankle...
- A traditional ancient Greek robe for women worn cinched and bloused over at the waist. ATHENA wears peplos in the statue in the Parthenon.
- Woollen garment, also called the Doric chiton, worn by women; often open down one side and fastened on both shoulders
- Greek woman's garment hanging in folds and usually richly embroidered. Most famous one adorned the statue of Athena in the Parthenon.
- The basic female ritual garment, customarily made of linen.
- A long tunic worn be women only.
