Definition of Lekythos

1. an oil jar used in ancient Greece [n -THOI]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lekythos

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

Literary usage of Lekythos

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

1. History of Ancient Pottery: Greek, Etruscan, and Roman by Henry Beauchamp Walters, Samuel Birch (1905)
"The lekythos seldom attains to any great size, except in the marble ... Towards the end of the fifth century the lekythos takes a new departure (Fig. ..."

2. A Handbook of Attic Red-figured Vases Signed by Or Attributed to the Various by Joseph Clark Hoppin (1919)
"lekythos. Cat. (W.) p. 87: Beazley, no. 3. Artemis running with torches to altar. ... Squat lekythos. From Gela: h. 0.13. Mon. Ant. Line. 1907, p. 515, fig. ..."

3. The Red-figure Pottery by Sharon Herbert (1977)
"High-shouldered, squat lekythos of the same type as 138. ... This fragment is from a tall ovoid lekythos such as 138 and 140-142, but the style and subject ..."

4. A Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum by Samuel Birch, Charles Thomas Newton (1870)
"lekythos. CCLXV. 4 in. Design black with incised lines on a red ground ; a swan walking to the left ; on either side of the neck an ivy ..."

5. Athenian Lekythoi: With Outline Drawing in Glaze Varnish on a White Ground by Arthur Fairbanks (1907)
"If, then, there is any connection between the lekythos and the relief, ... The lekythos, as will appear from the later discussion of this group of ..."

6. Debris from a Public Dining Place in the Athenian Agora by Susan I. Rotroff, John Howard Oakley (1992)
"lekythos PI. 34 PH 4.3; est. Diam. 5.0; pW 3.1. Fragment from the body. ... lekythos PI. 35 PH 5.2; pW 3.9; Th. 0.7. Fragment from the lower body. ..."

7. Studies in Attic Epigraphy, History, and Topography by Eugene Vanderpool (1982)
"A lekythos IN TORONTO AND THE GOLDEN YOUTH OF ATHENS (PLATE 6) TQ) ROFESSOR VANDERPOOL has been interested in Attic prosopography for many JIT years, ..."

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