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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Greek antiquity, a water-carrying; a group of women carrying water from a fountain: a subject often represented on the Greek hydria, or water-pots.
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hernesheir commented on the word hydrophoria
The jugs of the hydrophoria were much admired by the purveyors of antiquities.
December 3, 2011