PEP-PHA words and short definitions

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PEPLOS
Greek woman's garment hanging in folds and usually richly embroidered. Most famous one adorned the statue of Athena in the Parthenon.

PERICLES
Great leader of Athens who died of plague during the Peloponnesian War.

PERIPATETICS
Persons who walk around. The followers of Aristotle's philosophy.

PERIPHETES
Son of Hephaestus who slew passers by with his iron club. Slain by Theseus.

PERISTYLE
Court surrounded by columns.

PERSEPHONE
Daughter of Zeus and Demeter, abducted by Hades.

PERSEUS
Son of Zeus and Danae, grandson of Acrisius.

PERSIUS FLACCUS
Roman satirist, born 34 AD in Etruria.

PERVIGILIUM
Nocturnal festival in honor of a god, especially the Bona Dea.

PETASUS
flat felt hat with broad round brim worn by Hermes, introduced into Greece along with chlamys as a distinguishing mark of the ephebi.

PETRONIUS ARBITER
Author of satiric novel in the time of Nero.

PEUTINGER TABLET
Map of the Roman world, a copy of a third century A.D. map.

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