Kourai
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Kourai is a noun meaning animate statues of beautiful maidens, forged out of gold by the divine smith Hephaistos, who attended the Olympian gods.
Meaning
animate statues of beautiful maidens, forged out of gold by the divine smith Hephaistos, who attended the Olympian gods.
Example Sentences
On view from the sixth century B.C. are two small Attic representations of kourai, dressed statues of maidens, said to represent the Athenian aristocracy in rites celebrating the goddess Athena.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include kourotrophos, kouros, kore, canephora, komainu, moirai.
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