A mourning woman bends over a tomb, as a youth approaches her unseen. He represents the deceased, whom the Greeks believed lingered near the tomb after death. Many "lekythoi" …

This study analyses visible artefacts depicted on Athenian white-ground funerary lekythoi from between 475 to 425 BCE, to investigate what the iconographic information of the artefacts can …

During the late fifth and fourth centuries BC, elite Athenian graves were sometimes marked with marble monuments in the form of large vessels, replicating the bottle-shapes of lekythoi and...

Sep 21, 2021 · “This tombstone from 4th century BCE Athens takes the shape of a lekythos, the type of pottery used in Athenian funerary practice. Carved on this funerary monument is a …

By identifying the deaths they marked as worthy of grief, funerary monuments mobilized fundamental questions about sculptural form and pictorial recognition to political ends, …

Title: Marble funerary lekythos. Period: Late Classical. Date: ca. 375–350 BCE. Culture: Greek, Attic. Medium: Marble, Pentelic ? Dimensions: H. as restored 40 1/2 in. (102.9 cm) …

Attic white-ground lekythoi with funerary scenes. London, British Museum... We try our best to keep the ads from getting in your way. If you'd like to show your support, you can use Patreon …

This scene evokes real-life funerary practices in late fifth-century Athens, in particular that of family members or friends visiting the tomb and laying offerings there. Such a scene is …

Paintings on Lekythoi provide a primary visual corroboration of some of the descriptions found in ancient Greek mythology and Homeric poems. However, the specific function of these vessels …

The iconography of white lekythoi provides important information about the funerary monuments of the period, particularly the stelai and the columns that marked the graves. Most of the …

This is the first in-depth study of the pictures found on Attic white lekythoi. These funerary vases, placed in and on Athenian graves, have long been appreciated for their beautiful polychrome …

Portraits of Grief: Death, Mourning and the Expression of Sorrow on White-Ground Lêkythoi. Allen, Molly Evangeline. In Athens in the early 5th century BCE, a new genre of funerary vase, …

Jul 26, 2010 · Paintings on Lekythoi provide a primary visual corroboration of some of the descriptions found in ancient Greek mythology and Homeric poems. However, the specific …

On funerary (burial-related) objects, the deceased person was usually shown in a seated position, clasping the hand of a standing survivor (often the spouse). This gesture was seen as a …