Hydria

Word HYDRIA
Character 6
Hyphenation ‖Hy dri a
Pronunciations /ˈhaɪdɹeə/

Definitions and meanings of "Hydria"

What do we mean by hydria?

A large three-handled water jar used by the ancient Greeks, with two handles used for lifting and the third for pouring. noun

In archaeology, a large Greek vase, used especially for carrying water. noun

A water jar; esp., one with a large rounded body, a small neck, and three handles. Some of the most beautiful Greek vases are of this form. noun

A three-handled clay or metal vessel used in Greek culture to contain and pour water. noun

A three-handled clay or metal vessel used in Greek culture to hold and pour water.

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The word "hydria" in example sentences

Sotheby's An Attic red-figured hydria, attributed to the Marsyas Painter ❋ Unknown (2011)

The hydria, a jar for water, has two horizontal handles at the side for lifting and one vertical handle at the back for pouring. ❋ Unknown (2011)

– Kelly Crow Cahn International AG This 23-year-old fair got its start selling Dutch Old Master paintings, but today it sells everything from antiquities – like this 470 B.C. red-figure hydria from Attic – to contemporary artworks. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Cahn International AG A 470 B.C. red-figure hydria from Attic depicts Achilles chasing Troilos, who is on horseback. ❋ Kelly Crow (2010)

Also on display is a Attic black figure hydria depicting horsemen by the Antimenes painter in the 4th century AD above right. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Three pieces of Attic pottery -- a black-figure kylix, a red-figure kylix, and a red-figure hydria -- were sold at a 1990 auction of antiquities in the collections of the Texas oil barons Nelson and William Hunt. ❋ Unknown (1998)

Ecce, ego sto juxta fontem aquae: itaque sit, virgo quae egredietur ad hauriendum, et dixero ei, Da mihi potum nunc parum aquae ex hydria tua: ❋ 1509-1564 (1996)

Itaque cucurrit servus in occursum ejus, et dixit, Potum da mihi nunc parum aquae ex hydria tua. ❋ 1509-1564 (1996)

Et fuit, antequam ipse complevisset loqui, ecce, Ribca egrediebatur, quae nata erat Bethuel filio Milchah uxoris Nachor fratris Abraham, et hydria ejus erat super humerum ejus. ❋ 1509-1564 (1996)

Ego antequam complerem loqui in corde meo, ecce, Ribca egrediebatur, et hydria ejus erat super humerum ejus, et descendit ad fontem, et hausit: et dixi ad eam, Da mihi potum nunc. ❋ 1509-1564 (1996)

In one of them, a slave pours the contents of a hydria over her nude mistress. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

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