Lexicographical Neighbors of Lecythus
Literary usage of Lecythus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Greece by Connop Thirlwall (1855)
"Capture of lecythus. HISTORY OF GREECE. Spartan general convened an assembly of
the people in which he ... On the third day he began the attack of lecythus. ..."
2. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides (1855)
"goddess : and, having demolished lecythus and cleared all away, he consecrated
the whole spot as sacred to her. During the remainder of the winter he ..."
3. A History of Greece by Connop Thirlwall (1846)
"—Exile of Thucydides. — Conquests of Brasidas. — Surprise of Torone. — Capture
of lecythus. — Year's Truce between Sparta and Athens. ..."
4. A Catalogue of the Greek Vases in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge by Ernest Arthur Gardner (1897)
"lecythus, cylindrical body, top lost. Height to base of neck, -32 m. Ornamentation,
on shoulder, as 139, but three palmettes only. ..."
5. History of Ancient Pottery by Samuel Birch (1858)
"The lecythus, or cruet, was used for holding oil. It is principally recognised
by its tall cylindrical shape, long narrow neck, deep cup-shaped depression, ..."
6. Catalogue of the Collection of Assyrian, Babylonian, Egyptian, Greek by Bram Hertz (1851)
"134 lecythus; network, in white and red, upon a pale red ground, representing
its case. ... 139 lecythus. Head of Venus, amidst three flowers of the ..."
7. Preliminary Catalogue of the Rebecca Darlington Stoddard Collection of Greek by Paul Victor Christopher Baur (1914)
"lecythus from Laurium. On a three-stepped base a sphinx is seated. Beginning of
fifth century ... lecythus. Front view of nude boy, on his right a pillar. ..."
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