peplos
peplos noun: an Ancient Greek garment, worn by women, formed of a tubular piece of cloth, which is folded back upon itself halfway down, until the top of the tube is worn around the waist, and the bottom covers the legs down to the ankles; the open top is then worn over the shoulders, and draped, in folds, down to the waist.
Noun
peplos (plural peploi or peploses)
- An Ancient Greek garment, worn by women, formed of a tubular piece of cloth, which is folded back upon itself halfway down, until the top of the tube is worn around the waist, and the bottom covers the legs down to the ankles; the open top is then worn over the shoulders, and draped, in folds, down to the waist.
- An obvious question arises: what on earth can Herakles do with a peplos? Throughout Greek tradition, the peplos ("piece of cloth, veil, dress") is a woman's garment, and sometimes a barbarian's garment—no contradiction, as far as a Greek is concerned.1990, David Martin Halperin, John J. Winkler, Froma I. Zeitlin, eds, Before Sexuality: The Construction of Erotic Experience in the Ancient Greek World
- The garments (peploi) that serve the Trojan women as a pretext to laying hands on their victims are also the means of concealing the daggers that will kill […]1993, Charles Segal, Euripides and the Poetics of Sorrow
peplos meaning in Marathi
peplos in Marathi
- a garment worn by ancient Greek women
- पेपलोस peplos
Forms of peplos
| plural | peploi |
|---|---|
| plural | peploses |
Origin of peplos
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πέπλος (péplos).
Words formed from peplos
Questions about peplos
- What does peplos mean?
- Peplos means an Ancient Greek garment, worn by women, formed of a tubular piece of cloth, which is folded back upon itself halfway down, until the top of the tube is worn around the waist, and the bottom covers the legs down to the ankles; the open top is then worn over the shoulders, and draped, in folds, down to the waist.
- What is peplos in Marathi?
- Peplos in Marathi is पेपलोस (peplos). See Peplos meaning in Marathi.
- What part of speech is peplos?
- Peplos is a noun.
- What is the plural of peplos?
- The plural of peplos is peploi.
Words near peplos in the dictionary
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