pithos 的定义
plural pi·thoi [pith-oi, pahy-thoi]. /ˈpɪθ ɔɪ, ˈpaɪ θɔɪ/.
- a very large earthenware jar having a wide mouth, used by the ancient Greeks for storing liquids, as wine, or for holding food, as grain, or for the burial of the dead.
更多pithos例句
- Pithos, pith′os, n. a large spheroid Greek earthenware vase.
- The tub of Diogenes, there is reason to believe, was a great earthen vase or pot—the Pithos.
- The pithakne was a pithos of smaller size used for holding wine.
- This tomb also contained a large wheel-made pithos of red impasto ware with designs painted in polychrome.