1. lekanis, the, 2. lekane, the
1. low bowl with two horizontal handles and a broad low foot. The handles are regularly ribbon-shaped. Τhe lekanis is shallow, lidded and often decorated. Examples of it appear in marriage-scenes and other scenes involving women, and are themselves regularly decorated with scenes of marriage. It flourished during the end of the 5th and the 4th centuries BC. 2. In general, similar to lekanis but the lekane is usually lidless and often undecorated.
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amphora, the
from the greek words "αμφί"(on both sides) and "φέρω" (carry): vessel with long ovoid body and a considerably narrower neck made in various sizes from the smaller perfume oil container to the large storage receivers of liquids and solids. It stands on a small foot and it bears two invariable vertical handles on either side. Some of the distinguished types of the amphorae are these whose lower part is tapering to the point (narrow bottomed), the neck type, the Nicosthenian, the Nola, the Panathenaic, the Tyrrhenian, the SOS type.
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kouros, the
Conventional term used by modern researchers to describe the statue of a standing still, naked, young man, dated to the archaic period.
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kylix, the
The most essential ancient drinking cup. It bears a wide and shallow body raised on a stem from a foot. It always has horizontal handles disposed symmetrically, often swinging upwards . The interior, flat, round bottom of the vessel was used as surface for painted decoration. There are many different types of kylikes such as the Komast type, the Siana type, types A, B, C, the Droop and the Cassel cups.
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pedestal
Base on which stands a bust, a stele or a statue.
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temple in antis
Temple with two or more columns between the antae of the pronaos.
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