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A Homer Commentary in Progress

khitōn ‘tunic’

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Iliad 5.733-747

Gregory Nagy

analysis of Athena’s peplosWhen the goddess slips out of her peplos ‘robe’ and into the khitōn ‘tunic’ that belongs to her father Zeus, there is an intervening moment of nudity. (See MoM 3§1-3§7.) This passage shows (a) the complementarity of th ... Continue reading