Definition of Petasos

1. petasus [n -ES] - See also: petasus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Petasos

petametres
petanque
petanques
petar
petara
petaras
petarasite
petard
petards
petaries
petars
petary
petascale
petasecond
petaseconds
petasos (current term)
petasoses
petasus
petasuses
petaton
petatons
petaurine
petaurist
petauristid
petauristids
petawatt
petawatts
petcare
petchary
petcock

Literary usage of Petasos

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Catalogue of the Greek Coins of Troas, Aeolis, and Lesbos by British Museum Dept. of Coins and Medals, Warwick William Wroth (1894)
"Head of Hermes r., wearing petasos. Head of Hermes 1., wearing petasos. [PI. xxxvi. 2.] Head of Hermes r., wearing petasos. Head of Hermes r., ..."

2. The Home Life of the Ancient Greeks by Hugo Blümner (1895)
"35. petasos. It originated in Thessaly, but spread to other places, and at Athens ... Otherwise the petasos was essentially a part of travelling dress, and, ..."

3. Athenian Lekythoi: With Outline Drawing in Glaze Varnish on a White Ground by Arthur Fairbanks (1907)
"The scene is drawn in dull red (rose) ; dark red is used for a garment, light red for a garment and taeniae, yellow for staff and petasos, and black for a ..."

4. Athenian Lekythoi with Outline Drawing in Matt Color on a White Ground by Arthur Fairbanks (1914)
"The scene is drawn in dull red (rose) ; dark red is used for a garment, light red for a garment and taeniae, yellow for staff and petasos, and black for a ..."

5. Catalogue of the Greek Coins of Ionia by Barclay Vincent Head, Reginald Stuart Poole, British Museum Dept. of Coins and Medals (1892)
"Third ami second centuries, BC Head of Hermes 1., wearing petasos tied under chin. A [PL xxiii. 8.] Head of Hermes 1., wearing petasos tied under chin. ..."

6. Chapters on Greek Dress by Maria Millington Lathbury Evans (1893)
"Varieties of the " petasos." sometimes tied on the crown or under the chin in the fashion of ... 71 gives some of the various ways of wearing the petasos. ..."

7. The Derveni Krater: Masterpiece of Classical Greek Metalwork by Beryl Barr-Sharrar (2007)
"There is absolutely no connection between the strap he swings and the petasos. The same LIMC authors identify the hunter on the ex-Heidelberg pyxis as ..."

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