Pelike

Quick meaning: Pelike is a noun meaning A ceramic container of Ancient Greece, similar to an amphora.

Meaning

A ceramic container of Ancient Greece, similar to an amphora.

Example Sentences

There are also many pelikai (18%) above all in the Attic red figure production as witness the sets from the tombs of the necropolis of S.Venera.

The scenes were probably intended as abbreviated representations of combat between griffins and barbarians, since there are many pelikai that carry scenes of Amazons on horseback in combat with griffins.

In plain and banded wares, pelikai typically have rotund bodies and squat necks, with a pair of ring handles mounted to the shoulder and arching around to attach anywhere from the rim to the lower neck (e.g., PZ PBW 145).

The black- and red-figure vases that were found are mainly small in size (lekythoi, kylikes, aryballoi, alabastra, kotylae, skyphoi, exaleiptra, and kantharoi), although there are also larger pots (oinochoae, pelikae, hydriae, kraters, and amphoras).

Word Forms

• pelikes
• pelikai
• pelikae

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include figured, figure, amphora, pithos, oenochoe, lagena.

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