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    of deity". Bucchero kantharos (Latial culture, 830–730 BC) Geometric funerary kantharos (Attica, c. 780 BC) Black-figure kantharos with sphinxes (Boeotia...
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    in Taipei 2013 Silenus holding a kantharos on a tetradrachm from Naxos, Sicily, 461–450 BC Silenus holding a kantharos and a lyre. Tondo of an Attic red-figure...
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    lust Member of the Erotes Aphrodite with Himeros, detail from a silver kantharos, c. 420-410 BC Abode Mount Olympus Symbol Bow and arrows Genealogy Siblings...
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  • origin of the term cantarella is unknown. It may have been derived from kantharos (Ancient Greek: κάνθαρος), a type of ancient Greek cup used for drinking...
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    foot raise it. Sometimes the thyrsus was displayed in conjunction with a kantharos wine cup, another symbol of Dionysus, forming a male-and-female combination...
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    did not bother with pottery. The most important shapes are the kylix, kantharos, skyphos, lip cup, and the breast-shaped mastos with no base. The Roman...
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    c. 510 BC. Column krater Volute krater Kyathos Psykter Cups Kantharos type A Kantharos type B Kylix type A Kylix type B Band cup, with the main painting...
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    named for Achilles. Achilles and the Nereid Cymothoe, Attic red-figure kantharos from Volci (Cabinet des Médailles, Bibliothèque nationale, Paris) The...
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    with Pinus banksiana. The name chanterelle originates from the Greek kantharos meaning "tankard" or "cup", a reference to their general shape. Its German...
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    Wheel of fire Symbols Bowl of Hygieia Caduceus Cornucopia Gorgoneion Kantharos Labrys Orphic egg Ouroboros Owl of Athena Rod of Asclepius Swan song Wind...
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    instead divided into twelve coppers. During this era, an obol purchased a kantharos and chous (3 L or 100 US fl oz) of wine. Three obols was a standard rate...
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    on an Attic red-figure kylix, 480–470 BC Athena, detail from a silver kantharos with Theseus in Crete (c. 440-435 BC), part of the Vassil Bojkov collection...
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  • of Classical Greek) - kerastês, ou, ho, horned, elaphos Soph. El. 568; kantharos IDEM=S.Ichn.300; of a ram, ô kerasta Eur. Cycl. 52 (lyr.); Pan Antip.ti=E...
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    in the Tomb of the Diver. The eastern wall instead resembles a krater-kantharos, a style of vessel placed at the feet of a corpse in Italian tombs south...
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  • commanding the entrance to the deep water harbors of Piraeus -- principally Kántharos -- which were highly strategic in the time of ancient Greece. It is situated...
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    Paris (on the left) putting on his armour as Apollo (on the right) watches him. Attic red-figure kantharos, 425–420 BC...
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    species, some of which are poisonous. The name comes from the Greek word kantharos ('tankard, cup'). Chanterelles are one of the most recognized and harvested...
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    Boeotian kantharos, Late Geometric period...
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    in the act of pouring an oinochoe over his head into a cup, probably a kantharos. Antonio Corso describes the satyr in this sculpture as a "gentle youth"...
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    A kantharos from Thespiae (450–425 BC) inscribed in the Boeotian alphabet...
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    featuring three natural harbours. In addition to the central one, called Kantharos in ancient times, the smaller harbours to the east are still in use: Zea...
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    inner darkness. Ancient portrayals show Dionysus holding in his hand the kantharos, a wine-jar with large handles, and occupying the place where one would...
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    appeared under different names and appearances in different regions. Kantharos, drinking cup with large handles, originally the rhyton (drinking horn...
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    and two vertical handles, reflecting classical cup shapes such as the kantharos and skyphos. Over time, the size of the bowl diminished and the base became...
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    The Death of Orpheus, detail from a silver kantharos, 420–410 BC, part of the Vassil Bojkov collection, Sofia, Bulgaria...
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    Wheel of fire Symbols Bowl of Hygieia Caduceus Cornucopia Gorgoneion Kantharos Labrys Orphic egg Ouroboros Owl of Athena Rod of Asclepius Swan song Wind...
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    Wheel of fire Symbols Bowl of Hygieia Caduceus Cornucopia Gorgoneion Kantharos Labrys Orphic egg Ouroboros Owl of Athena Rod of Asclepius Swan song Wind...
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    Wheel of fire Symbols Bowl of Hygieia Caduceus Cornucopia Gorgoneion Kantharos Labrys Orphic egg Ouroboros Owl of Athena Rod of Asclepius Swan song Wind...
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    Dionysos is described as wearing "a himation and ivy wreath and carries Kantharos in uplifted left hand". Not only did the everyday people of ancient Greek...
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    Wheel of fire Symbols Bowl of Hygieia Caduceus Cornucopia Gorgoneion Kantharos Labrys Orphic egg Ouroboros Owl of Athena Rod of Asclepius Swan song Wind...
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