NOUN
- a garment worn by women in ancient Greece; cloth caught at the shoulders and draped in folds to the waist
How To Use peplos In A Sentence
- It no longer sounds implausible when ancient Greeks write about the intricate textiles made by legendary weavers like Penelope and Arachne, or about historical weavers, like the women of Athens who created a new dress, or peplos, for the statue of Athena Polias on the Acropolis. Women Artists Win!
- I cried, cursing the skirts of the peplos as I ran.
- Her arms were scraped, her himation had torn off, and her peplos was tearing.
- I was still dressed in my peplos and himation but they were soiled.
- Clad in the white peplos of a Greek goddess and elegantly coiffed, she gazes unemotional and aloof at the grisly head on her platter.
- Putting the peplos on the talisman was an act of simple magic.
- I wrapped a himation around myself and dressed in a peplos.
- I pulled off my peplos angrily and threw it aside.
- I was about to stop her when she dropped her peplos.
- I tried to imagine what the women of Ephesus wore: Grecian chitons, himations, and peplos, most likely. Holly Would Dream
