A pelike (Ancient Greek: πελίκη) is a one-piece ceramic container similar to an amphora. It has two open handles that are vertical on their lateral aspects...
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Pelike with actors preparing is a two-handled jar (pelike) depicting actors preparing for a performance. It is a piece of red-figure pottery measuring...
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mounted on Pegasus fighting the Chimera, side A from an Attic red-figure pelike Bellerophon and the Chimera, edge of an Attic red-figure epinetron (thigh-protector...
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including: Perseus beheading the sleeping Medusa, obverse of a terracotta pelike (jar) attributed to Polygnotos (vase painter) (c. 450–440 BC), collection...
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Orestes, Electra and Hermes at the tomb of Agamemnon, lucanian red-figure pelike, c. 380–370 BC, Louvre (K 544)...
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the caduceus Iris with the caduceus in detail from an Attic red-figure pelike, middle of fifth century BC (Agrigento, Sicily) Coin from Sardis (Turkey)...
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A pelike was a ceramic container that the Greeks used as storage/transportation for wine and olive oil. As seen in the picture on the right, it had a large...
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The Red Figure Pelike with an Actor Dressed as a Bird is a ceramic vessel from the Attic region of Greece that is dated to between 430–420 BC. It is decorated...
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earliest such "beautiful" Gorgons (mid fifth century BC) is a red-figure pelike (Fig. 10), which shows Perseus, with head turned away, about to behead a...
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The pelike is a special type of belly amphora, with the belly placed lower, so that the widest point of the vessel is near its bottom. The pelike was...
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Dionysus (left) with ivy crown, and thyrsus attacking a Giant, Attic red-figure pelike, c. 475–425 BC (Louvre G434)....
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Electra and Hermes at Agamemnon's tomb. Side A of a Lucanian red-figure pelike, c. 380–370 BC. Written by Euripides Chorus Argive women Characters Farmer...
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with her to bring down Persephone. Head of Thetis from an Attic red-figure pelike, c. 510–500 BC, Louvre. Thetis on an antique fresco in Pompeii, 1st century...
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Nikê (top) and Apollo (right). The goddess is wielding a torch .Attic red-figured pelike 370-350Bc From Campania, South Italy. British Museum, London...
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Pelike. Plouton with a cornucopia and Demeter with a sceptre and plough. By the Orestes Painter. 440-430 BC.National Archaeological Museum, Athens...
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December 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020. attrib. to "The Achilles Painter". "Pelike". British Museum. Archived from the original on 3 October 2020. Retrieved...
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common types: storage and transport vessels, including the amphora, pithos, pelike, hydria, stamnos, pyxis, mixing vessels, mainly for symposia or male drinking...
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Attic red-figure pelike, Oedipus solves the riddle of the Sphinx and frees Thebes, by the Achilleus painter, 450–440 BC, Altes Museum Berlin (13718779634)...
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Heracles in the Hesperides garden. Side A from an Attic red-figure pelike, 380–370 BC. From Cyrenaica....
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Pelike showing a gynaeceum scene, 440–430 BC...
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ancient Greece and of Rome in media including red-figure pottery such as pelike jars, frescoes, and mosaics. Depictions range from straightforward representations...
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Lucanian red-figure pelike by the Pisticci Painter, c. 430 BC, Archaeological Museum "Domenico Ridola", Matera...
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(with Nike) Lekythos (with Artemis on a white ground) Pelike (with Perseus and gorgoneion) Pelike (with furniture-carrier) The Agrigento Painter was another...
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Poseidon surprises Anymone near a spring. Attic pelike in red figure, circle of the Polygnotus Painter, 440-430 BC. Archaeological Museum of Agrigento...
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include sculpture work, Loutrophoros, amphora, Hydria, Skyphos, Krater, Pelike, and lekythos vessels, Stele, frescoes, jewellery, weapons, tools, coins...
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Geras Personification of Old age Geras, detail of an Attic red-figure pelike, c. 480–470 BC, Louvre Abode Erebus Parents Erebus and Nyx Equivalents Roman...
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small vases. Examples of the ceramics found within the pit include choes, a pelike, and numerous lekythoi. All of these pieces are common in quality and use...
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triangular harp, which was called by "Jewish, Christian and Greek sources" a psalterion. Ancient Greek red-figured pelike from Anzi, Apulia, circa 320–310 BCE....
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Heracles fighting the servants of the Egyptian King Busiris, Attic Pelike, c. 470 BCE...
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