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What is a peplos?

What is a peplos? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. 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.
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Her himation is pulled up over her head, and covers much of her peplos, which is decorated with a dotted lozenge.
I dried myself the best I could and was hesitant to wrap myself in the peplos and then the himation and finally the veil.
So expert advice was available to Durer on how to adapt the astronomical devices from Geometry's peplos to more contemporary interests.
Clad in the white peplos of a Greek goddess and elegantly coiffed, she gazes unemotional and aloof at the grisly head on her platter.
The long blonde curls piled high on her head with glorious cascades of golden silk falling against the top of her classical Greek peplos.
Her arms were scraped and her himation had torn off and her peplos was tearing.

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