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What does petasus mean?

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Noun
  1. (historical) A broad-brimmed, low-crowned hat worn by the Ancient Greeks and Romans.
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The pileus was a close-fitting felt cap and the petasus was a felt hat with a round brim.
His petasus is slung at his back, meaning that the clouds are not yet opened or expanded in the sky.
Petasos, also spelled Petasus, wide-brimmed hat with a conical crown worn in ancient Greece.
The Irishman will always have a soft spot for the Sussex track, since he rode his first winner in Britain there on Petasus at the first meeting of the season.
In the copy the god is shown without Hermes's petasus and his attribute had to be changed to conform with Pliny's description of the statue by Euphranor.
And one of them had a petasus and a golden caduceus, and the other had a trumpet.

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