Lexicographical Neighbors of Lecythi
Literary usage of Lecythi
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.—lecythi.— The manufacture of Vases ceased to be ..."
2. A Catalogue of the Greek Vases in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge by Ernest Arthur Gardner (1897)
"lecythi, 112—114, cylindrical bodies; 115, 116, rounded bodies. Height, '15 m.—'11
m. ... lecythi with black figures on white ground, 120—137. 120. ..."
3. A Manual of Greek Archæology by Maxime Collignon (1886)
"The comic poet speaks of one " who paints lecythi for the dead. ... The reference
in Aristophanes proves, moreover, that white lecythi were manufactured as ..."
4. Handbook for Travellers in Greece: Including the Ionian Islands, Continental by John Murray (Firm) (1884)
"White lecythi for perfumes. These white vases are peculiar to the tombs of Attica,
... No example of white lecythi has been discovered belonging to either ..."
5. London and Its Environs: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1905)
"The lecythi in Table Case К come chiefly from Sicily; beautiful Athenian lecythi
are f-hown in Table Case F. Fourth Vase Room (4th-3rd cent. ..."
6. Paris and Environs: With Routes from London to Paris : Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1904)
"In the centre, Tanagra figurines; lecythi with ornamental figures; 42. Hydria with
Orpheus and tlic maenads; C52. Hydria (toilet of the Graces). ..."
7. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"... Attica (now in Naples Museum) ; the white lecythi found in Attic tombs; and
the beautifully gilded poly- chromic vases dating from the 4th century BC, ..."
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