- A
pelike (Ancient Gr****: πελίκη) is a one-piece
ceramic container similar to an amphora. It has two open
handles that are
vertical on
their lateral aspects...
- A
pelike was a
ceramic container that the Gr****s used as storage/transportation for wine and
olive oil. As seen in the
picture on the right, it had a large...
- including: ****us
beheading the
sleeping Medusa,
obverse of a
terracotta pelike (jar)
attributed to
Polygnotos (vase painter) (c. 450–440 BC), collection...
- Orestes,
Electra and
Hermes at the tomb of Agamemnon,
lucanian red-figure
pelike, c. 380–370 BC,
Louvre (K 544)...
- the
caduceus Iris with the
caduceus in
detail from an
Attic red-figure
pelike,
middle of
fifth century BC (Agrigento, Sicily) Coin from
Sardis (Turkey)...
-
Pelike.
Plouton with a
cornucopia and
Demeter with a
sceptre and plough. By the
Orestes Painter. 440-430 BC.National
Archaeological Museum, Athens...
-
mounted on
Pegasus fighting the Chimera, side A from an
Attic red-figure
pelike Bellerophon and the Chimera, edge of an
Attic red-figure
epinetron (thigh-protector...
-
Poseidon surprises Anymone near a spring.
Attic pelike in red figure,
circle of the
Polygnotus Painter, 440-430 BC.
Archaeological Museum of Agrigento...
- The
pelike is a
special type of
belly amphora, with the
belly placed lower, so that the
widest point of the
vessel is near its bottom. The
pelike was...
-
Heracles fighting the
servants of the
Egyptian King Busiris,
Attic Pelike, c. 470 BCE...
