Lexic.us

Definition of Dipylon

1. Noun. A gateway to the west of ancient Athens near which a distinctive style of pottery has been found.

2. Adjective. Of or relating to a gateway on the west of ancient Athens.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dipylon

Dipsacus Dipsacus fullonum Dipsacus sativus Dipsacus sylvestris Dipsosaurus Dipsosaurus dorsalis Diptera Dipterocarpaceae Dipteronia Dipteryx

Dipteryx odorata Dipu Dipus Dipus sagitta Dipylidium caninum Dipylon (current term) Dipylon gate Dirac Dirac constant Dirac delta function

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Literary usage of Dipylon

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

1. Apollo: An Illustrated Manual of the History of Art Throughout the Ages by Salomon Reinach (1907)
"Egyptian Portraits of the Graeco-Roman Period.— Greek Vases: Dipylon, Corinthian, and Etruscan Vases. ..."

2. The Greek Painters' Art by Irene Weir (1905)
"... later known as the Geometric, and that found at Athens known as the Dipylon — Style and subjects of decoration of Dipylon — Oriental influences shown at ..."

3. The Rendering of Nature in Early Greek Art by Emanuel Loewy (1907)
"What extreme perversion of reality, ie extreme fidelity to the simple mental picture, is shown in the Dipylon style (to limit ourselves to Greek art) (Figs. ..."

4. A Catalogue of the Greek Vases in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge by Ernest Arthur Gardner (1897)
"(a) Dipylon class, so called from the fact that the majority of examples have been found in the cemetery just outside the Dipylon gate at Athens. ..."

5. Handbook for Travellers in Greece: Including the Ionian Islands, Continental by John Murray (Firm) (1900)
"also from Thera, but the latter shows a later development, and has figurée of birds. 223 Dipylon vase of third period from the ..."

6. American Journal of Philology by Project Muse, JSTOR (Organization) (1907)
"The first part, which deals with cremation and gives the results of a careful study of the Dipylon graves at Athens and Eleusis, has been condensed; ..."

7. Classical Philology by University of Chicago press, JSTOR (Organization) (1907)
"Then follows a very careful account of the discovery of Dipylon graves, not only in the great necropolis outside the Dipylon gate, but also in other parts ..."

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