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An aryballos (Greek: αρύβαλλος) was a small spherical or globular flask with a narrow neck used in Ancient Greece. It was used to contain perfume or oil, and is often depicted in vase paintings as being used by athletes bathing. In these depictions, the vessel is sometimes attached by a strap to the athlete's wrist, or is hung by this strap from a peg on the wall.
The shape of the aryballos originally came from the oinochoe of the Geometric period of the 9th century BCE, a globe-shaped wine jar. By the Proto-Corinthian period of the following century, it had attained its definitive shape, going from spherical to ovoid to conical, and finally back to spherical. This definitive form has a wide, flat mouth, and a single small handle. Some later variations have bell-shaped mouths, a second handle, and/or a flat base.
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Pottery of ancient Greece | |
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| Wine Shapes | Krater • Kylix • Oenochoe • Skyphos • Psykter • Kyathos • Rhyton • Kantharos • Askos • Kotyle |
| Perfume Shapes and Wedding Shapes | Lebes Gamikos • Loutrophoros • Epinetron • Alabastron • Aryballos • Lekythos |
| Funerary Shapes and Cultic Shapes | Lekythos • Loutrophoros • Phiale |
| Storage Shapes | Amphora • Lebes • Pithos • Stamnos |
| Techniques | Red-figure • Black-figure • Bilingual pottery • Six's technique |
| Painters | List of Greek Vase Painters• Amasis Painter • Exekias • Pioneer Group • Douris • Meidias Painter |
| Special Topics in Greek Pottery | Typology • Kalos inscription • Symposium • Corpus vasorum antiquorum • John Beazley • Panathenaic Amphorae • South Italian |
Ancient Greek refers to the second stage in the history of the Greek language[1] as it existed during the Archaic (9th–6th centuries BC) and Classical (5th–4th centuries BC) periods in Greece.
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The term ancient Greece refers to the periods of Greek history in Classical Antiquity, lasting ca. 750 BC[1] (the archaic period) to 146 BC (the Roman conquest). It is generally considered to be the seminal culture which provided the foundation of Western Civilization.
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oenochoe, also spelled oinochoe, (Gr. Οινοχόη) is a wine jug and a key form of Greek pottery. There are many different forms of Oenochoe. The earliest is the 'olpe' and has an S-shaped profile from head to foot.
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Geometric Art is a phase of Greek art, characterised largely by geometric motives in vase painting, that flourished towards the end of the Greek Dark Ages, circa 900 BCE to 800 BCE. Its centre was in Athens, and it was diffused amongst the trading cities of the Aegean.
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The Orientalizing Period is a cultural and art historical period, informed by the art of Syria and Phoenicia, which started during the later part of the 8th century BCE in Ancient Greece.
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Thanks to its hardy nature, pottery bulks large in the archaeological record of Ancient Greece, and because we have so much of it (some 100,000 vases are recorded in the Corpus vasorum antiquorum) it has exerted a disproportionately large influence on our understanding of Greek
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- For the landform crater, see Crater.
A krater (from the Greek verb κεράννυμι, meaning "I mix") was a vase used to mix wine and water.
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kylix (or cylix, plural kylixes or kylikes) is a type of wine-drinking cup with a broad relatively shallow body raised on a stem from a foot and usually with two horizontal handles disposed symmetrically.
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oenochoe, also spelled oinochoe, (Gr. Οινοχόη) is a wine jug and a key form of Greek pottery. There are many different forms of Oenochoe. The earliest is the 'olpe' and has an S-shaped profile from head to foot.
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In classifying the pottery of Ancient Greece, a skyphos (Greek: σκύφος; plural skyphoi) is a two-handled deep wine-cup on a low flanged base or none.
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A psykter is a type of Greek pot that is characterized by a bulbous body set on a high, narrow foot. It was used as a wine cooler. The psykter would be filled with wine, and then be placed in a krater full of cold water or ice.
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Kyathos (Ancient Greek - dipper) is the name given in modern terminology to a type of painted ancient Greek vase with a tall, round, slightly tapering bowl and a single, flat, long, looping handle. Its closest modern parallel would be a ladle.
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Rhyton (plural rhyta) is the ancient Greek word (ῥυτόν rutón) for a container from which fluids were intended to be drunk, or else poured in some ceremony such as libation.
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kantharos (Greek κάνθαρος) is a type of Greek pottery used for drinking. It is characterized by its high swung handles which extend above the lip of the pot.
The god Dionysus had such a cup, that was never empty.
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The god Dionysus had such a cup, that was never empty.
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Askos (Ancient Greek - tube; plural - askoi) is the name given in modern terminology to a type of ancient Greek pottery vessel used to pour small quantities of liquids such as oil.
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cotyla or cotyle (Gr κοτύλη) was a measure of capacity among the Romans and Greeks: by the former it was also called hemina; by the latter,
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The lebes gamikos, or "nuptial lebes," (plural - lebetes gamikoi) is a form of ancient Greek Pottery used in marriage ceremonies. It was probably used in the ritual sprinkling of the bride with water before the wedding.
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loutrophoros is a distinctive type of Greek pottery vessel characterized by an elongated neck with two handles. The loutrophoros was used to hold water during marriage and funeral rituals, and was placed in the tombs of unmarried women.
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epinetron (plural - epinetra) was an Attic female pottery vessel. It was used by Attic women whilst weaving to prevent grease from the wool from spoiling their clothes. More ornamental epinetrons were placed on the graves of unmarried girls, or dedicated at temples, usually to the
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alabastron (plural: alabastra or alabastrons) is a type of pottery used in the ancient world for holding oil, especially perfume or massage oils. They originated around the 11th century BC in ancient Egypt as containers carved from alabaster – hence the name
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lekythos (plural lekythoi) is a type of Greek pottery used for storing oil, especially olive oil. It has a narrow body and one handle attached to the neck of the vessel. The lekythos was used for anointing dead bodies of unmarried men and many lekythoi are found in tombs.
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lekythos (plural lekythoi) is a type of Greek pottery used for storing oil, especially olive oil. It has a narrow body and one handle attached to the neck of the vessel. The lekythos was used for anointing dead bodies of unmarried men and many lekythoi are found in tombs.
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loutrophoros is a distinctive type of Greek pottery vessel characterized by an elongated neck with two handles. The loutrophoros was used to hold water during marriage and funeral rituals, and was placed in the tombs of unmarried women.
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phiale is the name given in modern terminology to a kind of ancient Greek ceramic or metallic vessel. Its form was that of a wide round shallow bowl without handles or a foot (a bowl with
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amphora (plural: amphorae or amphoras) is a type of ceramic vase with two handles and a long neck narrower than the body.
Amphorae first appeared on the Lebanese-Syrian coast around the 15th century BC and spread around the ancient world, being used by the
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Amphorae first appeared on the Lebanese-Syrian coast around the 15th century BC and spread around the ancient world, being used by the
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The lebes, in Ancient Greece, was originally a deep bowl with a rounded bottom: it needed a stand to remain upright. In classical times a foot was attached, and it was typically used as a mixing bowl in food preparation. One translation of the word is cauldron.
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Pithos (plural pithoi) is the ancient Greek word (πίθος, πίθοι) for a large storage jar of a characteristic shape. Originally used by western classical archaeologists to mean the jars uncovered by excavation in Crete and
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A stamnos is a type of Greek pottery used to store liquids. It is much squatter than an amphora and has two stubby handles relatively high on its sides. It is a relatively unusual container form. Generally, it was used for mixing and storing.
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black-figure pottery(Greek,'μελανόμορφα,melanomorpha) technique is a style of ancient Greek pottery painting in which the decoration appears as black silhouettes on a red background.
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