Kolpos excess fabric was pulled up over it. The fabric fell over the girdle so as to hide it, and was often pulled longer in back than in front. This fold was the kolpos. A second (visible) zone could be tied over the kolpos to redefine the waist, high or low. This might be hidden again by the apoptygma, the loose, folded down top of the peplos. Kolpos The kolpos (Greek: κόλποις κόλπον κόλπῳ, a gulf, bay or creek) is the "blousing" of a peplos, chiton or tunic in Ancient Greek clothing, whereby excess length of the material hangs folded over
River Axe (Lyme Bay) River Axe (Lyme Bay) The River Axe is a river in Dorset, Somerset and Devon, in the south-west of England. It rises near Beaminster in Dorset, flows west then south by Axminster and joins the English Channel at Axmouth near Seaton in Lyme Bay. During its course it is fed by various streams and by the tributary rivers Yarty and Coly. It is a shallow, non-navigable river, although its mouth at Axmouth has some boating activity. The name derives from a Common Brittonic word meaning "abounding in fish", which is also the root for the River Axe in the Bristol