Oenochoe
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /iːˈnɒ.kəʊ.i/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Oenochoe is a noun meaning (historical) A type of Ancient Greek pottery wine jug.
Meaning
(historical) A type of Ancient Greek pottery wine jug.
Example Sentences
In contact with the upper part of the jar was a dish with rodent or bird bones and two oenochoae, all protected by big blocks of schist.
These two head oenochoae were buried with the kotyle by the Brygos painter (22. 8), B.S.A. xiv, pl. xiv, and the Red Figure kylix (22. 7), ibid. pl. xiii. b.
In the tondo of a cup in the Louvre we see a young slave, a pais, dip an oenochoe into a garlanded krater; he is holding a cup in the other hand and is about to serve drinks (fig. 20).
As we have seen above, Black-on-Red Cypriot trefoil oenochoae together with objects from the Syropalestinian area had started arriving in Crete already before the middle of the 8 cent. B.C.
Word Forms
- oenochoes
- oenochoae
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ewer, amphora, chytra, lagena, pelike, pithos.
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