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‖ loutrophoros Class. Antiq.|luːtrəʊˈfɔərɒs|
[Gr. λουτρο-ϕόρος, f. λουτρόν water for a bath + -ϕορός bearing.]
A tall two-handled vessel used for carrying water to the nuptial bath.
1896C. H. Smith in Catal. Greek & Etruscan Vases Brit. Mus. III. 366 Beside her is a box or table on three legs terminating in lions' paws, on which stand a pyxis and an oinochorè with tall handle and neck (loutrophoros?). 1931Times Lit. Suppl. 16 July 563/2 A splendid loutrophoros by Polygnotus. 1935Richter & Milne Shapes & Names Athenian Vases 5 Loutrophoros,..tall vase with high, funnel-shaped neck, slender body, and flaring mouth. Water was brought in it from the fountain Kallirrhoe for the nuptial bath, and it was placed on tombs of unmarried persons. 1967R. S. Folsom Handbk. Greek Pott. 157 The loutrophoros usually was an amphora, but sometimes the form appears as a hydria with three handles. |