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Definition of Rhyton
1. Noun. A container from which fluids are intended to be drunk, having a base in the form of a head. ¹
2. Noun. Greek drinking horn ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rhyton
1. an ancient Greek drinking horn [n -TONS or -TA]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rhyton
Literary usage of Rhyton
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Ancient Pottery: Greek, Etruscan, and Roman by Henry Beauchamp Walters, Samuel Birch (1905)
"497 E. ' xi. 468 F ; cf. 497 A. 5 Exx. in BM F 417-36. * xi. 496 E; other names
for the rhyton • xi. 500E. In the temple of Apollo are BIK^HZS (Pollux, vi. ..."
2. Hellenistic Pottery: Athenian and Imported Wheelmade Table Ware and Related by Susan I. Rotroff (1997)
"The three major varieties of rhyton are represented within the Agora material:
... The animal-head rhyton was adopted by Athenian potters in the late 6th ..."
3. The Childhood of Art; Or, The Ascent of Man: Or, The Ascent of Man; a Sketch by Herbert Green Spearing (1913)
"Small rhyton (libation vase) found at Gournia by Mrs. Boyd Hawes. It is made of
fine grey clay covered with a shining white slip (a paint made of clay) to ..."
4. Pottery and Porcelain of All Times and Nations: With Tables of Factory and by William Cowper Prime (1878)
"... more frequently with its foot extending into the head of a deer or other animal.
It could not be set down till emptied. 66. The rhyton. ..."
5. Mythology & Monuments of Ancient Athens: Being a Translation of a Portion of by Pausanias, Jane Ellen Harrison (1890)
"In the centre of the cylix is the ship of Dionysos ; in it the god, bearded and
crowned, is seated, holding a rhyton. ..."
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