Array a rotten olive trunk in the peplus of a woman, and Vinicius will declare it beautiful.
He speaks pure truth, by the sacred peplus of Diana," cried Vestinius.
But Vitelius burst forth again in unexpected laughter, and began to search for his ring in the peplus of Calvia Crispinilla.
And I see thee thus yet, though that peplus hides thee.
The custom of offering a beautifully woven peplus at the Panathenaic festival is connected with her character as Ergane the goddess of industry.
The Plynteria and Callynteria, at which her ancient image and peplus in the Erechtheum and the temple itself were cleaned, with a procession in which bunches of figs (frequently used in lustrations) were carried.
Other maidens resided for a time on the Acropolis, engaged in weaving the saffron-colored peplus which was to be presented to the goddess at the Great Panathenaea--the most brilliant festival of the Athenians.
The procession formed in the Outer Ceramicus, just outside the principal gate of the city, and the peplus was placed on a miniature ship (for which it served as a sail), which was set on wheels and drawn by sailors.
As the peplus was open at the sides, the girdle was the second most important article of feminine attire.
The Pepluswas covered with embroidery, worked by select virgins of the noblest families in Athens.
It was peculiar to the Athenians, and its chief feature was a solemn procession in which the Peplus or sacred robe of Minerva was carried to the Parthenon, and suspended before the statue of the goddess.
She was the organizer, the one who bore the cost of the peplus of Minerva, she it was who had transplanted to Saguntum the beautiful festival of Athens.
Behind the peplus in less careful array went thousands of citizens of every age and station, all in festival dress, all crowned with flowers.
This was granted, and her sons Amphoterus and Acarnan slew Phegeus with his two sons, and returning with the necklace and peplus dedicated them at Delphi (Ovid, Metam.
That were easy to tell," Nigidia murmured over the end of the peplus she held.
In consequence of this, Philippides, who was an enemy of Stratokles, made the following allusion to him in one of his comedies: "Who was it caused the peplus to be rent?
They also decreed that their images should be woven into the sacred peplus of Athena,[297] with those of the gods.
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