• Thumbnail for Pelike
    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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    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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    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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  • 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 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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    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 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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    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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  • Pəlikəş (redirect from Pelikes)
    Pəlikəş (also, Palikesh, Palikyash, and Palokyat) is a village and municipality in the Astara Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 1,587. Pəlikəş...
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  • Thumbnail for Caduceus
    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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    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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  • Thumbnail for Gorgons
    earliest such "beautiful" Gorgons (mid-fifth century BC) is a red-figure pelike (Fig. 11), which shows Perseus, with head turned away, about to behead a...
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  • Thumbnail for Thetis
    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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  • Thumbnail for Electra (Euripides play)
    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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    Lucanian red-figure pelike by the Pisticci Painter, c. 430 BC, Archaeological Museum "Domenico Ridola", Matera...
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    Louvre pelike CP 10765 • fragment of a pelike CP 10766 • bowl CP 10955 • fragment of a pelike CP 11060 • fragment CP 11061 • fragment of a pelike CP 11064...
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  • Thumbnail for Hesperides
    Heracles in the Hesperides garden. Side A from an Attic red-figure pelike, 380–370 BC. From Cyrenaica....
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    Heracles fighting the servants of the Egyptian King Busiris, Attic Pelike, c. 470 BCE...
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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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    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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  • Thumbnail for Greek riddles
    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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    Nikê (top) and Apollo (right). The goddess is wielding a torch. Attic red-figured pelike 370–350 BCE. 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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    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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  • Thumbnail for Geras
    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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    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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    bandaged thigh, sitting alone on an altar holding two spears. An Attic pelike (c. 450 BC), from Vulci (British Museum E 382) shows Telephus, with bandaged...
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    Pelike showing a gynaeceum scene, 440–430 BC...
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    include female clothing such as high boots and a chiton. Ceramic Athenian Pelike. Phiale Painter. Ancient Greek. Around 430 BCE. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston...
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