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    A pelike (Ancient Greek: πελίκη) is a one-piece ceramic container similar to an amphora. It has two open handles that are vertical on their lateral aspects...
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    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...
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  • Thumbnail for Jar (pelike) with Odysseus and Elpenor
    A pelike was a ceramic container that the Greeks used as storage/transportation for wine and olive oil. As seen in the picture on the right, it had a large...
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  • Thumbnail for Pelike with actors preparing
    Pelike with actors preparing is a two-handled jar (pelike) depicting actors preparing for a performance. It is a piece of red-figure pottery measuring...
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    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...
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    including: Perseus beheading the sleeping Medusa, obverse of a terracotta pelike (jar) attributed to Polygnotos (vase painter) (c. 450–440 BC), collection...
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    Orestes, Electra and Hermes at the tomb of Agamemnon, lucanian red-figure pelike, c. 380–370 BC, Louvre (K 544)...
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    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)...
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    Poseidon surprises Anymone near a spring. Attic pelike in red figure, circle of the Polygnotus Painter, 440-430 BC. Archaeological Museum of Agrigento...
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    with her to bring down Persephone. Head of Thetis from an Attic red-figure pelike, c. 510–500 BC, Louvre. Thetis on an antique fresco in Pompeii, 1st century...
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