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Type of ancient Greek jug
(Attic shoulder lekythos by the workshop of the Diosphos Painter, c. 500 BC) Shoulder lekythos Shoulder lekythos, c. 510 Deianeria lekythos Prothesis (lying
Lekythos
Personification of victory in Greek mythology
lekythos, Austin, Blanton Museum of Art 1980.63 (c. 500–450). A flying Nike pouring liquid, from a phiale in her right hand, onto an altar; lekythos,
Nike_(mythology)
Greek mythological hero
destroyed all traces of this temple. A fifth-century BCE black-glazed lekythos inscription, found on the island in 1840, reads: "Glaukos, son of Poseidon
Achilles
Character in Greek Mythology
1795 Achilles and Ajax play a game of dice on this early 5th-century BC lekythos, a type of oil-storing vessel associated with funeral rites. A red-figure
Ajax_the_Great
Member of Odysseus' crew
Odysseus' crew are turned into swine, red-figure lekythos circa 480-460 BC, from Eretria.
Eurylochus
Location in Greek mythology
Psychopompos sits on a rock, preparing to lead a dead soul to the underworld. Attic white-ground lekythos, ca. 450 BC, Staatliche Antikensammlungen (Inv. 2797)
Greek_underworld
Inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts
Muse, perhaps Clio, reading a scroll (Attic red-figure lekythos, Boeotia, c. 430 BC)
Muses
Greek pottery style
Painter. Type V. The fifth style was polychrome lekythos painting. It replaced Early Classical lekythos painting around the middle of the 5th century BC
White-ground_technique
Epic poem attributed to Homer
Hypnos and Thanatos carrying the body of Sarpedon from the battlefield of Troy; detail from an Attic white-ground lekythos, c. 440 BC
Iliad
Enchantress-goddess in Greek mythology
However, he is sometimes depicted carrying spears as well, as in the Athens lekythos, while Homer reports that it was a bow he had slung over his shoulder.
Circe
Creature of Greek mythology
red-figured plate, 520–510 BC Theseus and the Minotaur; Attic black-figure lekythos, 500–475 BC, from Crimea Theseus and the Minotaur; black-figure amphora
Minotaur
Mythical character
King of Phthia Peleus consigns Achilles to Chiron's care, white-ground lekythos by the Edinburgh Painter, c. 500 BC (National Archaeological Museum of
Peleus
Entity believed to escort deceased souls to an afterlife
Relief from a carved funerary lekythos at Athens: Hermes as psychopomp conducts the deceased, Myrrine, a priestess of Athena, to Hades, c. 430–420 BC (National
Psychopomp
Athenian painter of the 5th century BC
white-ground lekythos by the Thanatos Painter is of Hynos and Thanatos carrying Sarpedon (435–425 BCE); it is located in the British Museum. On the lekythos Hypnos
Thanatos_Painter
Acorn lekythos Deianeira lekythos, c. 550 BC. Shoulder or secondary lekythos, c. 500 BC. Standard or cylinder lekythos c.490 BCE. Squat lekythos Loutrophoros
Typology_of_Greek_vase_shapes
Heroine in Greek mythology
Atalanta surrounded by three Erotes, Attic white-ground lekythos, c. 500–470 BC
Atalanta
Funerary practices of ancient Greece
oration (ancient Greece) Kerameikos, site of an extensive cemetery at Athens Lekythos, a type of vessel holding oils or liquids often used in connection with
Ancient Greek funeral and burial practices
Ancient_Greek_funeral_and_burial_practices
Winged horse in Greek mythology
representations of Pegasus and Chimaira Pegasus, Attic red-figure squat lekythos, 480–460 BC, from Sicily Silver denarius of Domitian with Pegasus on the
Pegasus
Late 5th/early 4th-century BC Greek painter
A Lekythos painted by an artist associated with Group R. Andreas Rumpf and Martin Robertson speculate that the depiction of the central figure, with his
Parrhasius_(painter)
proto-heraldic device on the shield of a Greek warrior. Greek Red Figure lekythos vase, c. 470 BC, found in a tomb near Licata, Sicily. Archaeological Museum
Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Man
Ancient Greek god of the sea, earthquakes, and horses
with trident on hippocamp (sea-horse). Athenian black-figure white-ground pottery lekythos ca. 500-480 BC, by Athena Painter. Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Poseidon
Sisters of the Gorgon Medusa
The Gorgons Stheno and Euryale chasing Perseus; Attic black-figure lekythos, Cabinet des Medailles 277 (550–500 BC)
Stheno_and_Euryale
Ferryman of Hades in Greek mythology
Attic red-figure lekythos attributed to the Tymbos painter showing Charon welcoming a soul into his boat, c. 500–450 BC
Charon
Ancient Greek word for the family unit
A woman spinning. Image on an Attic red-figure lekythos, c.480–470 BC. Now in the "Antonio Salinas" Regional Archaeological Museum of Palermo
Oikos
Type of classical sculpture
Hermes, unusual in that the penis has survived Herm on an Attic red-figure lekythos, 475–450 BC A hermaic sculpture of an old man, probably a philosopher.
Herm_(sculpture)
Centaur from Greek mythology
A lekythos depicting Chiron and Achilles
Chiron
Journey or search of moral or spiritual significance
Ancient Greek lekythos showing a pilgrim from 450–425 BC
Pilgrimage
Giant crab in Greek mythology
Heracles attacked by land monster the Lernaean Hydra. White-ground Attic lekythos, c. 500–475 BC.
Cancer_(mythology)
Prince in Greek mythology
Eos carries off Cephalus, on an Attic red-figure lekythos, ca. 470–460 BCE
Cephalus_(son_of_Deion)
Greek vase painter
well. Beazley describes him thus: He is the great master of the white lekythos. His red-figure vases nearly always have a sober beauty, but few of them–like
Achilles_Painter
Style of painting on ancient Greek vases
the funerary lekythos found in the tumulus for the Athenians who died in the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC. The last significant lekythos painter, the
Black-figure_pottery
Legendary war in Greek mythology
Philoctetes on Lemnos, with Heracles's bow and quiver (Attic red-figure lekythos, 420 BC)
Trojan_War
Greek civilization from 1200 BC to 600 AD
from the Iliad: Hypnos and Thanatos carrying the body of Sarpedon from the battlefield of Troy; detail from an Attic white-ground lekythos, c. 440 BC
Ancient_Greece
Greek mythological daughter of Tantalus
Paestan lekythos depicting Niobe turning to stone, c. 330 B.C, Altes Museum, Berlin.
Niobe
textile manufacture was largely the responsibility of women. On this lekythos attributed to the Amasis painter, women are shown folding cloth, spinning
Clothing_in_ancient_Greece
Form of vase, often with a cover
ashes were typically placed in a painted Greek vase. In particular, the lekythos, the shape of vase, was used for holding oil in funerary rituals. Romans
Urn
Group of crustaceans
crab Karkinos attacking Herakles as he fights the Lernaean Hydra. Attic lekythos pot, "the Diosphos Painter", 500–475 BC The constellation of Cancer, the
Crab
Ancient Greek goddess
Artemis pouring a libation. Attic white-ground lekythos, c. 460–450 BCE. From Eretria. Attributed to Bowdoin Painter. Louvre, Paris
Artemis
Coin placed in or on the mouth of the dead
on ἐφοδεία, pp. 745–746. Grabka, "Christian Viaticum," p. 27. Original lekythos described by Arthur Fairbanks, Athenian Lekythoi with Outline Drawing in
Charon's_obol
Mythical Greek king of Thebes
Oedipus slaying the sphinx, on an Attic lekythos, c. 420–400 BC, housed in the British Museum
Oedipus
Open container, often used to hold cut flowers
the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. Ancient Greece: Amphora Hydria Krater Lekythos Oinochoe Olpe Chinese: Meiping Modern: Bottle Cylinder-shaped vase Flower
Vase
Ancient Greek vase painter
Nolan amphora (with Nereid) Dinos (possibly a symposium scene) Lekythos (with Nike) Lekythos (with Artemis on a white ground) Pelike (with Perseus and gorgoneion)
Pan_Painter
Religious motif
the vase painters. An early representation is found on a black-figure lekythos in the British Museum; she observes "The Keres or ψυχαί are represented
Weighing_of_souls
Lekythos in Six's technique, Cabinet des Médailles, Paris (De Ridder 493)
Six's_technique
Greek mythological creature
Villa, now Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Diosphos Painter, white-ground lekythos (500 BC) Bas relief from an ancient Roman sarcophagus depicting a Centauromachy
Centaur
Ancient Greek personification of death
Hypnos and Thanatos carrying the body of Sarpedon from the battlefield of Troy; detail from an Attic white-ground lekythos, ca. 440 BC.
Thanatos
Greek god of the north wind
Terracotta lekythos with Boreas abducting Orithyia, 400–375 AD NAMA Greece.
Boreas
Legendary animal
Malcolm (2009), "Hunting the Eschata: An Imagined Persian Empire on the Lekythos of Xenophantos" (PDF), Hesperia, 78 (4): 455–480, doi:10.2972/hesp.78.4
Griffin
Figure in Greek mythology
Sarpedon from the battlefield of Troy; detail from an Attic white-ground lekythos, ca. 440 BC. Successor Evander Abode Crete, later Lycia Genealogy Parents
Sarpedon_(Trojan_War_hero)
Mythical lion killed by Hercules
in the British Museum, Main floor, room 14, Greek & Rome White-ground lekythos, c. 500–475 BC, from Athens, by Diosphos Painter. Currently held in the
Nemean_lion
Island in the Mediterranean, region of Italy
Clockwise from top: The Triskelion and Gorgoneion symbol of Sicily Red-figure Lekythos from a tomb near Licata, ca. 470 BCE, depicting a warrior with a triskelion
Sicily
Supernatural being originating in folklore
Relief from a carved funerary lekythos at Athens showing Hermes as psychopomp conducting the soul of the deceased, Myrrhine into Hades (c. 430–420 BC)
Ghost
Nymphs in Greek mythology
the Hesperides are: Asterope, Chrysothemis, Hygieia, and Lipara. On a lekythos by Asteas seven names are given: Aiopis, Antheia, Donakis, Calypso, Mermesa
Hesperides
Greek mythological hero
Philoctetes at Lemnos, on an Attic red-figure lekythos, ca. 420 BC (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Philoctetes
Social institution of ancient Greece
Pederastic scene on an Attic Lekythos. 530–520 BCE
Pederasty_in_ancient_Greece
One of the Graces in Greek mythology
none are without problem. An inscription above a woman on a red-figure lekythos attributed to the Bowdoin painter and currently in the collection of the
Pasithea
Greek mythological event
Detail of Hera suckling Heracles from an Apulian red-figure squat lekythos, ca. 360-350 BC
Milk_of_Hera
Greek mythological artefact
a pithos buried in the ground. "In the vase painting in fig. 7 from a lekythos in the University Museum of Jena we see a Pithoigia of quite other and
Pandora's_box
Type or style of Ancient Greek ceramic
the belly-handled amphora, the neck handled amphora, the krater, and the lekythos. Attic artists redesigned these vessels using the fast wheel to increase
Protogeometric_style
Staff carried by Hermes in Greek mythology
Hermes hastens bearing his kerukeion, on an Attic lekythos, c. 475 BC, attributed to the Tithonos Painter
Caduceus
loutrophoros, vases for oils, perfumes and cosmetics, including the large lekythos, and the small aryballos and alabastron. As well as these utilitarian functions
Pottery_of_ancient_Greece
Unidentified ancient Greek vase painter
436. Lekythos, Peleas, Achilles and Cheiron, Athens, National Museum 550 Lekythos, Theseus and the bull, Athens, National Museum 1124 Lekythos, Odysseus
Edinburgh_Painter
Ancient Greek vase painter
Antikensammlung stamnos 2413 • lekythos 2477 • lekythos 2478 Münster, Archaeological Museum of Münster University lekythos 668 Naples, Museo Archeologico
Hermonax
Classical archaeology museum in South Australia
BC – whilst Professor A. D. Trendall donated a Campanian late Classical lekythos by the Pagenstecher Group. The "Friends of the Museum" was also launched
Museum of Classical Archaeology, Adelaide
Museum_of_Classical_Archaeology,_Adelaide
Round, stylized flower design
Athens, Greece, unknown architect, 421-405 BC Ancient Greek rosettes on a lekythos with Aphrodite rising from the sea, 4th century BC, ceramic, Museum of
Rosette_(design)
Personification of sleep in Greek mythology
Hypnos and Thanatos carrying the body of Sarpedon from the battlefield of Troy; detail from an Attic white-ground lekythos, ca. 440 BC.
Hypnos
Representation in fine arts
Dexiosis on Attic Lekythos 5th century BCE
Dexiosis
Ancient Greek lekythos
Heracles and the Lion of Nemea is a lekythos which is held at the Louvre Museum, with the representation of the first of the labours of Hercules, the slaying
Hercules and the lion of Nemea (Louvre Museum, L 31 MN B909)
Hercules_and_the_lion_of_Nemea_(Louvre_Museum,_L_31_MN_B909)
Series of feats carried out by Heracles
suggested by artistic evidence: on an early fifth-century BCE white-ground lekythos by the Marathon Painter Herakles is shown grappling one of four winged
Labours_of_Hercules
Ancient Greek god of winemaking and wine
ISBN 069022608X. Versnel, H. S., "ΙΑΚΧΟΣ. Some Remarks Suggested by an Unpublished Lekythos in the Villa Giulia", Talanta 4, 1972, 23–38. PDF Gianluca Viola (2022)
Dionysus
13th-century castle in Sicily, Italy
Samohil Attic rhyton Attic crater with a symposium scene Black-figure Attic lekythos Polyphemus and Ulysses, 2nd century AD Wrestlers, 2nd century AD This houses:
Castello_Ursino
Late 6th century BCE Athenian vase-painter
As well as a painter, he was a potter: he crafted the uniquely shaped lekythos known as the name-vase of the Painter of the Frankfurt Acorn. Phintias
Phintias_(painter)
Symbol of peace or victory
olive branch as a pattern on her shield. Ancient Greek Attic red-figure lekythos, ca. 400 BC, from Athens Wall painting from the early Christian Catacomb
Olive_branch
Object that reflects an image
) Right: seated woman holding a mirror; Ancient Greek Attic red-figure lekythos by the Sabouroff Painter, c. 470–460 BC, National Archaeological Museum
Mirror
Ancient Greek goddess of the night
Selene, and Eos. The earliest surviving representation of Nyx is an Attic lekythos (c. 500 BC), which shows her driving a two-horse chariot away from Helios
Nyx
Weights used in Ancient Greek athletics
the weights Athlete holding halteres. Ancient Greek Attic black-figure lekythos, 525–500 BC, from Sicily. Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich. Young athlete
Halteres_(ancient_Greece)
Ancient Greek tragedy by Sophocles
Philoctetes Philoctetes on Lemnos (Attic red-figure squat lekythos, c. 420 BC Original language Ancient Greek Written by Sophocles Chorus Greek Sailors
Philoctetes_(Sophocles_play)
Greek archaeologist (1904–1963)
111. Petrakos 1997b, p. 12. Quoted in Vogeikoff-Brogan 2018. "Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved April 4, 2025. On the
John_Papadimitriou
Extinct language of prehistoric Greece
Elysium. Use of domestic species: ἔλαιον élaion, 'olive oil'; λήκυθος lḗkythos, 'oil-flask'; κάνθων kánthōn, 'pack-ass'; στέμφυλον stémphylon, 'mass of
Pre-Greek_substrate
Attic red-figure lekythos attributed to the Tymbos painter showing Charon welcoming a soul into his boat, c. 500–450 BC.
Proto-Indo-European_mythology
Ancient Greek pottery manufactured in modern-day southern Italy
take traditional forms such as the Panathenaic amphora, the oinochoe, the lekythos, attenuate their forms, exaggerate their flares, add volute handles, molded
South Italian ancient Greek pottery
South_Italian_ancient_Greek_pottery
Basket used as a symbol in ancient Greek art
A woman working wool from a calathus. Athenian red-figure lekythos attributed to the Brygos Painter, c. 480–470 BC.
Calathus_(basket)
Pamphaios (potter) and Oltos (painter), c. 520 BC, Louvre White-ground lekythos with a scene of mourning by the Reed Painter, c. 420-410 BC, British Museum
Ancient_Greek_art
Ancient Greek vase shape
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
Loutrophoros
Athenian pottery painter
Squat lekythos; Cleveland Museum of Art
Meidias_Painter
Dog breed
roughly the size of a "very large beagle or small harrier." Attic red-figure lekythos of a hunter and a Laconian. Early Classical, c.475–450 BC. Attic red figure
Laconian_(dog)
Ancient attic-greek red-figure vase painter
tradition of Polygnotos. From this time his second showpiece originates, the lekythos in Naples National Archaeological Museum. Two further lekythoi (from the
Aison_(vase_painter)
Label
Relief from a carved funerary lekythos: Hermes conducts the deceased, Myrrhine, named in a titulus, to Hades, c. 430–420 BCE
Titulus_(inscription)
Art movement
with Greek artisans and potters after Alexander conquered it. A bottle (Lekythos) in Gnathia style - Eros, with a painting depicting a figure playing with
Hellenistic_art
National museum in Athens, Greece
sculpture work, Loutrophoros, amphora, Hydria, Skyphos, Krater, Pelike, and lekythos vessels, stele, frescoes, jewellery, weapons, tools, coins, toys and other
National Archaeological Museum, Athens
National_Archaeological_Museum,_Athens
Greek mythological figure
in a pithos buried in the ground. "In the vase painting in fig.7 from a lekythos in the University Museum of Jena we see a Pithoigia of quite other and
Pandora
Aphrodite and Adonis, Attic red-figure aryballos-shaped lekythos by Aison (c. 410 BC, Louvre, Paris)
Modern understanding of Greek mythology
Modern_understanding_of_Greek_mythology
Ancient Greek vase painter
hand for detail. Haspels gave him the name of Daybreak Painter after his lekythos which depicted the god Helios emerging from the sea. Little Masters (Greek
Daybreak_Painter
Ancient Greek mythical king
Royal House of Calydon Oeneus with coat and sceptre, Attic white-ground lekythos, c. 500 BC, Staatliche Antikensammlungen (Inv. 1905) Predecessor Porthaon
Oeneus
Unidentified ancient Greek vase painter
record Munich, Staatliche Antikensammlung Amphora SL 459 Lekythos 1892 ---- Attic black-figure lekythos 525-500 BC Athlete holding jumping weights and aulos
Acheloos_Painter
Archaeology museum in Athens, Greece
the Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, and Roman periods. A black-figure lekythos was stolen from the archaeological museum in 1982. 10th century BC cinerary
Kerameikos Archaeological Museum
Kerameikos_Archaeological_Museum
Metrical pattern in poetry
means "small oil-flask" (from ληκύθιον, the diminutive form of λήκυθος, lēkythos). The term was coined in reference to a passage in the comedy The Frogs
Lekythion
Small ceramic or glass bottle
to the amphoriskos. They are believed to develop functionally from the lekythos, which they replace by the end of the 4th century BC. The fusiform unguentarium
Unguentarium
Ancient Greek mythological figure
Aglaurus pursued by Athena on an Attic red-figure lekythos, c. 435-430 BC, Basel.
Aglaurus,_daughter_of_Cecrops
Anonymous ancient Greek vase painter
scenes of mythical figures pertaining to Dionysiac cult. The purpose of the lekythos is often reflected in its subject matter. This artist's most common theme
Reed_Painter
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