Definition of Lekythi

1. lekythus [n] - See also: lekythus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lekythi

leitmotif
leitmotifs
leitmotiv
leitmotivs
lek
leke
lekgotla
lekked
lekker
lekking
lekkings
leks
leku
lekvar
lekvars
lekythi (current term)
lekythoi
lekythos
lekythus
lema
lemalesomab
lemandarin
lemanderin
lemans
lemanskiite
leme
lemed
lemel
lemels

Literary usage of Lekythi

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

1. Masks, Heads, and Faces: With Some Considerations Respecting the Rise and by Ellen Russell Emerson (1891)
"... which are represented 0n the lekythi vase, where they are seen in the hands of the mourners preparing to visit the tomb, recalling those ..."

2. History of Ancient Pottery: Greek, Etruscan, and Roman by Henry Beauchamp Walters, Samuel Birch (1905)
"... white-ground painting—Outline drawing and poly- chromy—Funeral lekythi—Subjects and types—Decadence of Greek vase-painting—Rise of new centres — Kertch, ..."

3. History of Ancient Pottery, Greek, Etrusean, and Roman by Henry Beauchamp Walters, Samuel Birch (1905)
"CHAPTER XI WHITE-GROUND AND LATER FABRICS Origin and character of white-ground painting—Outline drawing and poly- chromy—Funeral lekythi—Subjects and ..."

4. Handbook for Travellers in Greece: Including the Ionian Islands, Continental by John Murray (Firm) (1900)
"Athenian sepulchral lekythi from Athens and Eretria, with polychrome designs on white ground. ... lekythi from Eretria. 1979 Athlete running, with toreh und ..."

5. Greece: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm), Karl Baedeker (1894)
"CASES XI, XII, *lekythi with polychrome ornamentation on a white or cream-coloured ground, ... Small lekythi and other vases, some with inscriptions. ..."

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