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n. - A garment worn by women in ancient Greece.

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  • That's to thank me for the peplus I offered to her; good.
  • Panathenaic procession which once every four years wound up the hill, bearing the sacred peplus to the temple of the goddess.
  • And if by these means he be freed from the pain, it is enough; but if not, give him the white meconium (Euphorbia peplus?), or, if not it, any other phlegmagogue medicine.
  • Let us sing the glory of our forefathers; ever victors, both on land and sea, they merit that Athens, rendered famous by these, her worthy sons, should write their deeds upon...
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