amphora, the
from the greek words "αμφί"(on both sides) and "φέρω" (carry): vessel with long ovoid body and a considerably narrower neck made in various sizes from the smaller perfume oil container to the large storage receivers of liquids and solids. It stands on a small foot and it bears two invariable vertical handles on either side. Some of the distinguished types of the amphorae are these whose lower part is tapering to the point (narrow bottomed), the neck type, the Nicosthenian, the Nola, the Panathenaic, the Tyrrhenian, the SOS type.

anaxyrides (trousers)
Type of trousers. They were thought, by the ancient Greeks and Romans, as characteristic of the barbarians' attiré. Among many peoples (Persians, Scythians, Thracians) men used to wear leather-made, wide and comfortable trousers. The Amazons were portrayed wearing skin-tight trousers decorated with horizontal zig-zag lines.

cuirass, the
body of armour to protect the torso and the back. It was consisted of a breastplate and a backplate designed to be worn together. The original cuirass was made of leather, but in later times of bronze.

dinos, lebes, the
Another name for lebes. Big, open, semisherical vessel without handles and very low neck. It bears no foot and it was used for mixing wine with water and as a prize. When it was standing on a high stand and had two tall vertical handles disposed on a tall neck and a mouth covered with a lid, it was called "lebes gamikos" and was used for marriage rituals.

gorytus, the
Bow and arrow holder. This word derives from the word «χωρυτός» of the ancient sources which means "to include bows". By placing both arrows and bows in a holder, the warrior was able to have his hands free.

griffin, the
Α legendary creature of eastern provenance with the head, talons, and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion.

kantharos, the
a deep drinking vessel with two distinctive high handles and an often tall stem of the foot. Kantharoi are frequently depicted on black- and red-figure vases, held by Dionysos or Herakles.

pediment, the
The triangular structure, over a building façade, between the horizontal entablature and the sloping roof, often decorated with sculptures, reliefs or painted figures.

phiale, the
A (metal, rarely clay) shallow vessel with an open rim. Used primarily in libations.

rhyton, the
libation vessel with an outlet at the bottom of the vessel allowing the slow outflow of the liquid.