Peplos

Synonyms for "peplos" (2 found)

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Ancient Greek

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  • πέπλος noun (a garment worn by ancient Greek women)

Marathi

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  • पेपलोस noun (a garment worn by ancient Greek women)

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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.

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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 […]

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I leave aside the vexed questions about whether one or two peploi were woven and presented to Athena during the Greater (every four years) and Lesser (every year) Panathenaic festivals […]

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