acity, the same as the Latin congius containing twelve cotylse. The hydria has a signification as wide as that of the amphora;its name, derived from udor, water, expresses its habitual contents(Fig. 69). And yet how varied in its elegant forms ! sometimes furnishedwith one handle, its opening bent… … the artist has represented the conflict of Hercules with Triton orNereus. The crater is a large, fine vase, with very wide mouth, in which thewine and water were mixed for entertainmentsor for sacrifice; sometimes raised upon a foot,spreading at the top like a campanula; it hastwo handles, attached…
Pottery
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