By mingling images on well-preserved Greek vases with the more fragmentary ceramics recovered during excavations at the Agora, the authors show how different vessel forms were used in classical Athens. By linking the shapes of pots with their social functions, this book gives meaning to the ancient names, such as skyphos, olpe, kantharos, lekane, and hydria, that one encounters when visiting museums.
- ISBN10 0876616015
- ISBN13 9780876616017
- Publish Date 1 November 1959
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint American School of Classical Studies at Athens
- Format Paperback
- Pages 32
- Language English