Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Greek antiquity, a form of earthenware vase, of very large size and spheroid shape, used for the storage of wine, oil, grain, etc., and sometimes for the burial of dead bodies.
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Examples
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Her breath snagged in her throat as she stood before the centerpiece of the exhibit: a double-handled clay jar called a pithos, almost four feet in height.
Sparks Laura Bickle 2010
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Her breath snagged in her throat as she stood before the centerpiece of the exhibit: a double-handled clay jar called a pithos, almost four feet in height.
Sparks Laura Bickle 2010
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Her breath snagged in her throat as she stood before the centerpiece of the exhibit: a double-handled clay jar called a pithos, almost four feet in height.
Sparks Laura Bickle 2010
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“This pithos is still special, though,” Gallus continued.
Sparks Laura Bickle 2010
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The massive pithos was painted with images from the myth.
Sparks Laura Bickle 2010
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In the third, the pithos lay on its side, the jar leaking fearsome black shapes into the sky.
Sparks Laura Bickle 2010
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Could store anything in a pithos—grain, oil, wine—even a body.
Sparks Laura Bickle 2010
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In the third, the pithos lay on its side, the jar leaking fearsome black shapes into the sky.
Sparks Laura Bickle 2010
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Anya walked around the cabinet, trying to get a better view of the pithos.
Sparks Laura Bickle 2010
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In the next scene, her hands were on the top of the pithos.
Sparks Laura Bickle 2010
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