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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 ...
The vessels of the Reed Painter are typical of white-ground lekythoi in that they often focus on real people, in contrast to the earlier black-figure tradition that featured scenes of mythical figures pertaining to Dionysiac cult. [1] The purpose of the lekythos is often reflected in its subject matter.
storage and transport vessels, including the amphora, pithos, pelike, hydria, stamnos, pyxis, mixing vessels, mainly for symposia or male drinking parties, including the krater, dinos, and kyathos, jugs and cups, several types of kylix also just called cups, kantharos, phiale, skyphos, rhyton, mastos, and jug-types oinochoe and loutrophoros,
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.
mixing vessels, mainly for symposia or male drinking parties, including the krater, and dinos, jugs and cups, several types of kylix also just called cups, kantharos, phiale, skyphos, oinochoe and loutrophoros, vases for oils, perfumes and cosmetics, including the large lekythos, and the small aryballos and alabastron.
Heracles and Atlas, on a lekythos by the Athena Painter, c. 490–480 BCE, National Archaeological Museum, Athens. Warrior with shield and spear in a hail of arrows, white-ground lekythos with black-figure scene, c. 475/550 BCE, Paris: Cabinet des médailles. The Athena Painter was an Attic black-figure vase painter, active about 490 to 460 BC.
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 ...
A lekythos Gnathia vase depicting an armed and dancing goddess Nike South Italian is a designation for ancient Greek pottery fabricated in Magna Graecia largely during the 4th century BC. The fact that Greek Southern Italy produced its own red-figure pottery as early as the end of the 5th century BC was first established by Adolf Furtwaengler ...
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