Peplus vs Peplum - What's the difference?
peplus | peplum |
(obsolete) An upper garment worn by women in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.
(dated) A kind of kerchief formerly worn by women in England.
A peplos, an Ancient Greek garment 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; compare the Roman palla .
A veil.
A genre of Italian film featuring historical or biblical epics
An individual film in this genre
As nouns the difference between peplus and peplum
is that peplus is (obsolete) an upper garment worn by women in ancient greece and ancient rome while peplum is peplum (all senses).peplus
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