In the earlier tombs the disposition was usually as follows: a kylix on the left side of the head, an alabastron under the right arm, and a lekythos under the left (Fig.
It is very popular at Athens in the late fine or polychrome vases,[717] and was adopted exclusively in Southern Italy, where it is the only form of lekythos found.
Most of the earlier examples have been found in Greece or Magna Graecia; they are usually of the lekythos form, which is always rare in Etruria.
Towards the end of the fifth century the lekythos takes a new departure (Fig.
Murray instances the prothesis lekythos in the British Museum (Plate LV.
It consists of a series of miniature vases, of which some twenty in all are known, of the pear-shaped lekythos form, with minute but skilfully-executed figures in a very advanced style.
The lekythos seldom attains to any great size, except in the marble examples used as tombstones.
With the exception of the ordinary form of lekythos these belong chiefly to the later stages, when the preference was for a sort of miniature style.
The last-named have frequently been found at Thebes, notably the Macmillan lekythosin the British Museum.
The hydria, oinochoe, and krater almost universally adhere to the panel form of decoration, but the lekythos is red-bodied.
Illustration on a small lekythos of an Athenian girl at work on a tapestry loom, together with a full size tracing of the tapestry loom.
The Greeks were, however, acquainted with the tapestry loom, for there exists in the British Museum a small lekythos with an illustration, Fig.
A companion lekythos has been discovered at Chasani, in Attica, and is now at Athens.
Stele, with a sepulchral lekythos in relief, supported by a winged Sphinx.
These girls often carried castanets when dancing, as may be seen on the lekythos (No.
It is illustrated by the drawing of a lekythos (No.
The oldest known painted inscriptions are found on a Proto-Corinthian lekythos (see p.
Footnote 1581: A unique instance of a sculptured stele copied on a white lekythos is Burlington F.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "lekythos" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
