That's to thank me for the peplus I offered to her; good.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Knights] Reference

Panathenaic procession which once every four years wound up the hill, bearing the sacred peplus to the temple of the goddess.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873] Reference

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.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Fistulae] Reference

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 the sacred peplus.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Knights] Reference

And I see thee thus yet, though that peplus hides thee.    From Wordnik.com.  [Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero] Reference

"He speaks pure truth, by the sacred peplus of Diana," cried Vestinius.    From Wordnik.com.  [Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero] Reference

Maidens of the first families were selected to embroider the sacred peplus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Philothea A Grecian Romance] Reference

After her came the makers of the peplus, and Hermione rejoined her husband.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Victor of Salamis] Reference

(euphorbia peplus?) to the amount of a round Attic leciskion (small acetabulum).    From Wordnik.com.  [On Regimen In Acute Diseases] Reference

The dawn, casting light on her dark hair and white peplus, was reflected in her eyes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero] Reference

Is it a question of classical dress -- what a tunic was like, or a chlamys, or a peplus?.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Joy For Ever (And Its Price in the Market)] Reference

Up the street on a car shaped like a galley moved the peplus, the great robe of the sovran goddess.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Victor of Salamis] Reference

But Vitelius burst forth again in unexpected laughter, and began to search for his ring in the peplus of Calvia Crispinilla.    From Wordnik.com.  [Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero] Reference

Canephoræ, whose duty it was to embroider the sacred peplus, and to carry baskets in the grand procession of the Panathenaia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Philothea] Reference

Each was treated with the sap of the petty spurge plant, or Euphorbia peplus, which was applied to the skin once a day for three days.    From Wordnik.com.  [BBC News - Home] Reference

Behind the peplus in less careful array went thousands of citizens of every age and station, all in festival dress, all crowned with flowers.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Victor of Salamis] Reference

And thus in beneath the massy pediment, in through the wide-flung doors, floated the peplus, while under its guardian shadow walked Hermione.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Victor of Salamis] Reference

Ilium in their sleep, streaming with copious sweat, showing part of her peplus rent, and saying that she had just returned from helping the Kyzikeni.    From Wordnik.com.  [Plutarch's Lives, Volume II] Reference

This is a very small test group so it will be interesting to see what larger studies and the development of the active ingredient in E. peplus sap will reveal.    From Wordnik.com.  [BBC News - Home] Reference

Acte collected feverishly such jewels as she could, and, fastening them in a corner of Lygia's peplus, implored her not to reject that gift and means of escape.    From Wordnik.com.  [Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero] Reference

I distinguished you in the procession; and I almost envied you the privilege of embroidering the sacred peplus, and being six long months in the service of Pallas Athenæ.    From Wordnik.com.  [Philothea A Grecian Romance] Reference

E. peplus has a long history of traditional use for a variety of conditions, including the topical self-treatment of various skin disorders, including skin cancer and pre-cancerous skin lesions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Health News from Medical News Today] Reference

Lygia dropped to her knees after a while, and, covering her eyes in the folds of Pomponia's peplus, she remained thus a long time in silence; but when she stood up again, some calmness was evident on her face.    From Wordnik.com.  [Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero] Reference

"Array a rotten olive trunk in the peplus of a woman, and Vinicius will declare it beautiful.    From Wordnik.com.  [Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero] Reference

Then, packing up a peplus clean.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics] Reference

Cast aside the peplus, like Crispinilla.    From Wordnik.com.  [Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero] Reference

He cast his princely peplus, purple-dyed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1886, Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 6, June, 1886] Reference

The fine-wrought peplus fluttering in the breeze.    From Wordnik.com.  [The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1886, Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 6, June, 1886] Reference

Euphorbia peplus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lexicon der Naturgeschichte mit erklaerenden Anmerkungen] Reference

Astolos chiton, the under garment, frock, or tunic, without anything, either himation or peplus, over it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans] Reference