On the left is a gilt pyxis with a tall lid, and an oenochoe on a low table; on the right two tall vases (lebes) on a plinth.
All except the pyxis are decorated with painted figures, and contain flowers.
One of the most famous of the inscribed vases is the Dodwell pyxis at Munich,[2120] representing a boar-hunt.
For the second sighting star he chose Beta Pyxis as being closest to the line he wanted, made the slight adjustments necessary to set the line of sight since Pyxis wasn’t exactly on it, then directed Trudeau into position as he had Koa.
For the second sighting star he chose Beta Pyxis as being closest to the line he wanted, made the slight adjustments necessary to set the line of sight, since Pyxis wasn't exactly on it, then directed Trudeau into position as he had Koa.
A common subject on a terra-cotta pyxis is a toilet scene or a marriage procession.
The pyxis is a circular box with a lid; its sides are sometimes straight, but more often concave, and it is frequently raised on a foot.
On a cup of Geometrical form, with conventionalised plants and ground-ornaments of Geometrical character, are two deer fleeing from a lion, and there is also a pyxis with chariot-scenes obviously derived from Mycenaean vases.
The pyxis was used by women at their toilet, and the lekythos, alabastron, and askos for holding oil and unguents.
The earliest discovery, and in some respects one of the most remarkable, was the vase known as the Dodwell pyxis (see p.
That they are of Boeotian origin is further shown by the ornamentation: the pyxis has round the sides rows of vertical wavy lines, such as are often seen on the Boeotian geometrical fabrics (p.
One is depicted in a toilet scene on a pyxis in the British Museum.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "pyxis" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
