Crossword clues for peplos
Wiktionary
n. 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.
WordNet
Wikipedia
A peplos 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. The garment was then gathered about the waist and the folded top edge pinned over the shoulders. The folded-down top of the tube provided the appearance of a second piece of clothing. (The Caryatid statues show a typical drapery.)
The peplos was draped and open on one side of the body, like the Doric chiton. It should not be confused with the Ionic chiton, which was a piece of fabric folded over and sewn together along the longer side to form a tube. The Classical garment is represented in Greek vase painting from the 5th century BC and in the metopes of temples in Doric order.
Spartan women continued to wear the peplos much later in history than other Greek cultures, causing other Greeks to call them phainomērídes (φαινομηρίδες) the "thigh-showers."
Usage examples of "peplos".
Slender and well formed, she wore a long, flowing peplos of elaborate contrivance that swayed fetchingly around her as she moved, or clung to her body in ways that hinted broadly of uncommon delights concealed beneath the thin, finely wrought fabric.
Near its base he discovered the white peplos the nymph had worn and picked up the garment.
Her flowing peplos clung to her as she ran, occasionally revealing her trim ankles and calves.
Metis scrutinized herself once more, made a final small adjustment of her peplos, brushed a curl to one side, then hurried out to greet her caller.
She was garbed in a clinging peplos that accented every contour of her body while exposing large, beguiling patches of her graceful shoulders and well-formed bosom.
Asterie failed to notice, and turned to retreat across the room, so that the peplos untwisted part way, then dropped loosely about her feet.
As he rose and moved toward her, she turned and fled, her open peplos fluttering around her.
She pulled off the peplos she had donned two or three minutes before, then poured fresh water into an enormous golden bowl and began washing her face.
She wore a flowing white peplos of especially fine craftsmanship and delicate design.
You should have given him a glimpse of your shoulder, pretending that your peplos slipped down of its own accord.
His hand moved to her neck and shoulder in such a way that it brushed aside the fabric of her peplos and stroked her delicate skin.
Either a cloak called a peplos, or a sewn tunic called a chiton, made of homespun wool.
The culmination was the presentation of the richly woven robe that was the peplos to the statue of Athene, and the sacrifice of a hundred cows on Athene's altar, which was then set afire by the prize-winning torchbearer.
The peplos would dress the life-sized statue of Athene Polias—"Goddess of the City"—on the Acropolis.
She walked behind him and kept silent, taking and holding his peplos when they entered the assembly chamber.