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Definition of Tholoi
1. tholos [n] - See also: tholos
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tholoi
Literary usage of Tholoi
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Prepalatial Cemeteries at Mochlos and Gournia and the House Tombs of by Jeffrey S. Soles (1992)
"Although recognizing "the traces of societies led by village chiefs" in the
remains of some tholoi, Branigan can argue only that some of the larger and ..."
2. Explorations in the Island of Mochlos by Richard B. Seager (1912)
"These tholoi of the Messara, since they remained in use until some time in the
MM I period, do not furnish such good evidence for the classification of ..."
3. The Mycenaean Age: A Study of the Monuments and Culture of Pre-Homeric Greece by Chrēstos Tsountas, James Irving Manatt (1897)
"... tholoi, as well as the chamber-tombs, being lighted only from the doorway,
were certainly in need of such illumination. Where charcoal is more abundant, ..."
4. The Neolithic and Bronze Ages by Sara Anderson Immerwahr (1971)
"10, 31; r 3 ware, 41,42,43,46 tholoi, Mycenaean: 100, 148; absence in Athens,
150; see also Dendra, Marathon, Menidi, ..."
5. The Mycenaean Feast by James C. Wright (2004)
"35 for tomb 523, with a 78. Cavanagh and Mee 1998, p. 54, for evidence of burned
layers and ashes near the stomia of tholoi; cf. also p. ..."
6. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"At Orchomenos the Treasury of Minyas stands alone in its kind against at least
eight tholoi and sixty chamber-tombs at Mycenae. Hence, wherever this type of ..."
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