Definition of Lekythoi. Meaning of Lekythoi. Synonyms of Lekythoi

- A lekythos (Ancient Gr****: λήκυθος; pl.: lekythoi) is a type of ancient Gr**** vessel used for storing oil, especially olive oil. It has a narrow body and...
- painted scenes of death on white-ground cylindrical lekythoi. All of the Thanatos Painter's found lekythoi have scenes of or related to death (thanatos in...
- group of five Huge Lekythoi (c. 70–100 cm high) are covered entirely in white slip, which suggests an imitation of marble lekythoi for funerary purposes...
- vase painter, active about 490 to 460 BC. His speciality was white-ground lekythoi painted in the black-figure style. His pseudonym, for his real name is...
- necks of many of his lekythoi. Sometimes they are simple outlines, often on the same vessels as funeral scenes. These grave lekythoi are the first of their...
- have been active from 500–475 BCE, many of whose surviving works are on lekythoi. The Diosphos Painter was a pupil of the Edinburgh Painter, who also trained...
- (fl. 420s–410s BC) is an anonymous Gr**** vase painter of white-ground lekythoi, a type of vessel for containing oil often left as grave offerings. Works...
- black-figure vase painter, active around 500 BC. His speciality was white-ground lekythoi painted in the black-figure style. His real name is unknown. His conventional...
- unguentaria (small bottles for oil) in place of the earlier lekythoi. Black-figure lekythoi had often depicted Dionysiac scenes; the later white-ground...
- the river. This was a particularly common motif on Athenian white ground lekythoi (funerary vases) of fifth century BCE and it is difficult to date this...