πέπλος,ὁ, in late Poets also with heterocl. pl.πέπλα, AP 9.616 , Epigr.Gr. 418 (Cyrene) :—
A. any woven clothused for a covering,sheet, carpet, curtain, veil, to cover a chariot, funeral-urn, seat, Il. 5.194 , 24.796 , Od. 7.96 ; laid over the face of the dead, E. Tr. 627 , cf. Hec. 432 , Ion 1421 .
II. upper garmentormantlein one piece, worn by women, π. ἑανός, ποικίλος
Il. 5.734
, cf. Batr. 182 , Od. 18.292 , X. Cyr. 5.1.6 .
2. at Athens, the embroideredrobecarried in procession at the Panathenaea, IG 12.80.11 ; τὸν π. . . ἕλκους', ὀνεύοντες . . εἰς ἄκρον ὥσπερ ἱστίον τὸν ἱστόν
Stratt. 30
; ὁ π. μεστὸς τῶν τοιούτων ποικιλμάτων
Pl. Euthphr. 6c
, cf. E. Hec. 468 , Ar. Eq. 566 , Arist. Ath. 49.3 , 60.1 .
b. metaph. of a mythological work by Aristotle, Porph. ap. Eust. 285.25 : pl., Tz.ad Lyc. 488 .
3. less freq. ofa man's robe, esp. of long Persian dresses, A. Pers. 468 , 1030 (lyr.), 1060 (lyr.), X. Cyr. 3.1.13 ;a man's cloakorrobe, S. Tr. 602 , al., E. Cyc. 301 , Theoc. 7.17 .