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A lekythos (Ancient Greek: λήκυθος; pl.: lekythoi) is a type of ancient Greek vessel used for storing oil, especially olive oil. It has a narrow body and one handle attached to the neck of the vessel, and is thus a narrow type of jug, with no pouring lip; the oinochoe is more like a modern jug. In the "shoulder" and "cylindrical" types ...
As Gisela Richter puts it, the forms of these vases (by convention the term "vase" has a very broad meaning in the field, covering anything that is a vessel of some sort) find their "happiest expression" in the 5th and 6th centuries BC, yet it has been possible to date vases thanks to the variation in a form’s shape over time, a fact ...
The loutrophoros itself is a motif for Greek tombstones, either as a relief (for instance, the lekythos on the Stele of Panaetius) or as a stone vessel. There are many in the funeral area at the Kerameikos in Athens, some of which are now preserved in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens.
The artist takes his name from his characteristic use of reeds in the landscape, particularly in depictions of Charon, the ferryman of the dead in Greek mythology. [2] A lekythos by the Reed Painter is one of only a few white-figure examples that depict a horseman at a tomb; unusually, the youth sits at the tomb with his horse rather than ...
Attic white-ground lekythos (type I) depicting Heracles fighting Geryon, Antonino Salinas Regional Archaeological Museum, Palermo Spinning woman, Attic oinochoe (type III), probably from Locri, by the Brygos Painter, c. 490 BC. White-ground technique is a style of white ancient Greek pottery and the painting in which figures appear on a white ...
In 1973 these vessels were identified through the discovery of a bell-shaped lekythos and a tall handle, reminiscent of two lekythoi in the British Museum and one in Edinburgh which bear the indication “Galaxeidi”. In a corner case a globular amphora of the Late Early Helladic II period (2400-2200 B.C.) from Anemokambi is displayed, covered ...
English: Attic funerary lekythos for Myrrhine, represented while she is taken by hand by Hermes psychopompos to be escorted to Hades. From Athens, circa 420/410 BC. From Athens, circa 420/410 BC. On display in Room 10 of the National Archaeological Museum in Athens .
MarineTraffic is a maritime analytics provider, [1] which provides real-time information on the movements of ships and the current location of ships in harbors and ports. [2] A database of information on the vessels includes for example details of the location where they were built plus dimensions of the vessels, gross tonnage and International ...