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Peplos Kore
The Peplos Kore is a statue of a girl and one of the most well-known examples of Archaic Greek art. The high white marble statue was made around 530 BC and originally was colourfully painted. The statue was found, in three pieces, in an 1886 excavation north-west of the Erechtheion on the Athenian Acropolis and is now in the Acropolis Museum in Athens.
The Peplos Kore ("peplos" being the type of robe or shawl-like fabric draped over the figure and "kore
it. They could create patterns on the clothing of the korai. One example of patterning is seen on an "ependytes", which is an Oriental prestige garment. This is seen on the Peplos Kore. Historians originally believed that the Peplos Kore was wearing a regular peplos, but in fact was wearing an ependytes with animal friezes. This type of garment was usually for goddesses. Without the colors, the context of the Peplos Kore was lost. The motifs used in the clothing could be used to identify which goddess it