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We should then naturally ask what kind of embroidery Athena put on her own robe; "[Greek: peplon heanon, poikilon hou r autê poiêsato kai kame chersin]."
The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing John Ruskin 1859
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We should then naturally ask what kind of embroidery Athena put on her own robe; "[Greek: peplon heanon, poikilon, hon r 'autê poiêsato kai kame chersin]."
Aratra Pentelici, Seven Lectures on the Elements of Sculpture Given before the University of Oxford in Michaelmas Term, 1870 John Ruskin 1859
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[Greek: peplon krouei, Dios brontaisin eis erin ktypôn].
Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound and the Seven Against Thebes 525 BC-456 BC Aeschylus 1840
jaime_d commented on the word peplon
a robe of state. From "C. Musonius Rufus" by Guy Davenport
January 19, 2010