Collignon, Maxime, 1849-1917, Wright, John Henry, 1852-1908 · London : Cassell Pub. Co. · leaf 287
nd in scenes of thepalaestra and of the gymnasium. The bombylius(fio/ipvXios) is an elongated aryballus ; it has a flatbrim, furnished with a solid handle pierced with asmall hole. With a body very slender at the base, butwidening above, it becomes the cotyliscus (/cotv\i<t/co$).These vases are… … 274 GREEK ARCHEOLOGY. lid, recall the uses of the pyxis ; in one of these vases,discovered in Athens, were found pastilles of paint.The alabaslron likewise had its place in the toilette.In the scenes represented, it is found in the hands ofgoddesses, or of attendants attiring their mistresses.It is…
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