Definition of Rhyta

1. Noun. (plural of rhyton) ¹

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Definition of Rhyta

1. rhyton [n] - See also: rhyton

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rhyta

rhynchosporium
rhynchota
rhyne
rhynes
rhyniophyte
rhyniophytes
rhyolite
rhyolites
rhyolitic
rhyparia
rhyparography
rhypophagy
rhysimeter
rhysimeters
rhyta (current term)
rhythm
rhythm and blues
rhythm and blues musician
rhythm guitar
rhythm guitars
rhythm method of birth control
rhythm methods
rhythm section
rhythm stick
rhythm sticks
rhythmal
rhythmed
rhythmer

Literary usage of Rhyta

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of Ancient Pottery: Egyptian, Assyrian, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman by Samuel Birch (1873)
"... ville—of the Due de Luynes—Pastes — Clays — Sites—The potter's wheel — Modelling — Moulding — Moulded rhyta, ..."

2. History of Ancient Pottery: Greek, Etruscan, and Roman by Henry Beauchamp Walters, Samuel Birch (1905)
"These were coloured and ornamented on the same principle as the rhyta, the vase- portion being generally covered with a black glaze, but sometimes with a ..."

3. History of Ancient Pottery by Samuel Birch (1858)
"... of D'Han- carville — of the Due de Luynes —Paste —Clays — Sites — The potter's wheel — Modelling— Moulding — Moulded rhyta, ..."

4. Hellenistic Pottery: Athenian and Imported Wheelmade Table Ware and Related by Susan I. Rotroff (1997)
"400,7 but three animal-head rhyta in gold-decorated technique are known and probably date in the second quarter of the 4th century.8 The shape was also ..."

5. Charis: Essays in Honor of Sara A. Immerwahr by Sara Anderson Immerwahr, Anne Proctor Chapin (2004)
"Two lion/lioness-head rhyta, Athens, NM For the example from Building Alpha ... And see Koehl 1990 on these rhyta. THE IMPACT OF THERA The discovery of the ..."

6. Paris and Environs: With Routes from London to Paris : Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1904)
"1st Case: Below, -vase adorned with black figures, Athena on her chariot, Hercules and Hermes; goblets, rhyta, antique glass. Above, Greek vase with satyrs ..."

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