different between peplos vs peplus

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (péplos).

Noun

peplos (plural peploi or peploses)

1. (historical) 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.
   • 1990, David Martin Halperin, John J. Winkler, Froma I. Zeitlin, eds, Before Sexuality: The Construction of Erotic Experience in the Ancient Greek World

     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.

Translations

See also

• peplum
• palla
• exomis
• himation
• chlamys
• chiton

Anagrams

• Leppos, Pelops

Spanish

Noun

peplos m pl

1. plural of peplo

English

Etymology

Latin, from Ancient Greek.

Noun

peplus (plural pepluses or pepli)

1. (obsolete) An upper garment worn by women in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.
2. (dated) A kind of kerchief formerly worn by women in England.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Fairholt to this entry?)

Anagrams

• Supple, supple