lekythos

Similarly "An egghead asked his father how much a five-liter flask holds" may have come across to an ancient audience as a double entendre, since some scholars believe that the Greek word for "flask," lekythos, was slang for "penis" in Aristophanes.

'Stop Me if You've Heard This: A History and Philosophy of Jokes' 2008

Attic red-figure lekythos, 480–470 B.C., attributed to the Brygos Painter.

The Battle of Salamis Barry Strauss 2004

Attic red-figure lekythos, 480–470 B.C., attributed to the Brygos Painter.

The Battle of Salamis Barry Strauss 2004

The lower part of a small statue composed of two bare legs and a fringed cloak draped over a lekythos, possibly representing Aphrodite, was found, although broken into four fragments.

Interactive Dig Sagalassos 2003 - Roman Baths Report 6 2003

An Attic lekythos showing a winged Nike in front of an altar (Ministry of Culture, Hellenic Republic of Greece) [LARGERIMAGE]

Corinth Antiquities Returned 2001

A white-ground lekythos (oil flask), left [LARGERIMAGE] and a black-glazed pot, right [LARGERIMAGE] were recovered from a mass grave.

Plague Victims Found: Mass Burial in Athens 1998

The Greeks were, however, acquainted with the tapestry loom, for there exists in the British Museum a small lekythos with an illustration,

Ancient Egyptian and Greek Looms 1890

also gr. lekythos becomes lechtumuza, kylix culichna, latin Neptunus becomes Nethuns.

A Pre-Greek name for Odysseus 2009

"also gr. lekythos becomes lechtumuza, kylix culichna, latin Neptunus becomes Nethuns."

A Pre-Greek name for Odysseus 2009

"Black-figured lekythos with the inscription: ‘buy me and you’ll get a good bargain,’ ca. 550 BC, Louvre."

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