diplax ‘pattern-woven fabric that folds in two’

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Iliad 3.125-128

... war that stains her song. There also exists, however, a variant epithet for the web that Helen weaves at I.03.126: this diplax ‘pattern-woven fabric that folds in two’ is described in some medieval manuscripts as porphur ... Continue reading

Iliad 22.440–441

... y as Performance 101n40). Further, at I.22.441, there exists a variant epithet for the web that Andromache weaves: this diplax ‘pattern-woven fabric that folds in two’ is described in some medieval manuscripts as porphur ... Continue reading