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 …

Lekythos, in ancient Greek pottery, oil flask used at baths and gymnasiums and for funerary offerings, characterized by a long cylindrical body gracefully tapered to the base and a narrow …

There are three principal types of lekythoi: 1) early shoulder - a continuous curve from the neck to the base ( the characteristic shape during the first half of the sixth century); 2) standard …

Examples include the marble tombstones and terracotta vessels, like this object. This vase, called a lekythos, held oil. From the middle until the end of the fifth century BC, they were usually …

Pottery: White-ground lekythos. Thanatos (Death) and Hypnos (Sleep) (?) bringing dead warrior to tomb. The tomb is in the form of a plain stele on a double plinth, decorated with numerous …

2021年9月21日 · This tombstone takes the form of a Greek ceramic vessel called a lekythos (plural: lekythoi). Lekythoi were very common types of Greek pottery, and the Glencairn …

2023年12月29日 · The Lekythos or lecithos is a ceramic vessel originating in ancient Greece, between the 6th and 4th centuries BC, with an elegant shape, mainly used to store oils and …

A lekythos (plural: lekythoi) is an ancient Greek pottery vessel characterized by its slender, elongated body, narrow neck, and single handle attached from the shoulder to the neck. …

Paintings on Lekythoi provide a primary visual corroboration of some of the descriptions found in ancient Greek mythology and Homeric poems. However, the specific function of these vessels …

2022年11月8日 · In the modern, archaeological sense, lekythos refers to a variety of shapes that share certain features that distinguish them from, say, aryballos or alabastron: one-handled, …