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[230] ἀπλοΐδας, worn single, opposed to the “χλαῖνα διπλῆ” (10.134) or “δίπλαξ” (3.126, etc.), which was of larger size and was doubled before being put on. Both were outer robes, a sort of plaid. Studniczka (p. 86) considers that the φᾶρος was a particularly luxurious form of the “δίπλαξ”, as its use is ascribed only to important persons. It was, moreover, made not of wool, like the “χλαῖνα”, but of the more costly and rarer linen. Hence the adj. λευκά which is specially applied to linen fabrics (see App. G, §§ 7, 8). The τάπητες appear to answer to our ‘blankets,’ as they are only used in making beds or couches; 9.200, 10.156, 24.645, etc. 230-31 = Od. 24.276-77.

The Iliad, edited, with apparatus criticus, prolegomena, notes, and appendices. Walter Leaf. London. Macmillan. 1900.

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