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
Emet (geographic region) geographic division, emet, primarily served as a territorial identity, it had limited military mobilization capacity and played no administrative functions. In contemporary Kalenjin lexicon, the word emet is used to mean country, e.g. emet'ab Kenya where 'ab is of. Emet (geographic region) Emet (or Em) is a Kalenjin term for the largest recognized territorial division within the Kalenjin society of pre-colonial Kenya. The word Emet in contemporary Kalenjin as used to denote a country derives from this term. Ehret posits that the Emet territorial division of the Kalenjin is of ancient origin. From linguistic evidence, it seems probable that the