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- special peplos would begin to be woven by young women. This peplos was placed on the statue of Athena during the festival procession. The peplos had images...
- name, peplos, is based on the po****r archaic Gr**** gown for women. When the statue was found it was initially thought that she was wearing a peplos, although...
- chiton as opposed to the peplos after several women stabbed a messenger to death with the bronze pins characteristic of the peplos. The word chiton is derived...
- of patterning is seen on the Peplos Kore. Historians originally believed that the Peplos Kore was wearing a regular peplos, but in fact she was wearing...
- shoulders, facing down, to hold the chiton or peplos in place. Fibulae were also used to pin the chiton, peplos or chlamys together.[page needed] These fibulae...
- surface of the virion has been referred to as the "peplos". The term is derived from the Gr**** peplos, "a loose outer garment", "robe or cloak", or "woman['s]...
- sash, or girdle might secure the waist. Peplos, Chitons The inner tunic was a peplos or chiton. The peplos was worn by women. It was usually a heavier...
- Panathenaea young girls known as arrephoroi would carry a specially woven peplos robe to place on the wooden cult image of Athena located in the Erechtheum...
- kingship Dress (Chiton, Chlamys, Exomis, Fustanella, Himation, Mariner's cap, Peplos, Perizoma, Tsarouchi, Vraka) Eastern Party Festivals Folklore Gr**** East...
- Peplos (Gr****: Πέπλος) is a town and a community of Feres muni****l unit, Evros regional unit, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Since the 2011 local...