rhyton
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of rhyton
1840–50; < Greek rhytón, noun use of neuter of rhytós flowing, akin to rheîn to flow
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A ceremonial libations vessel, or rhyton, that depicts a stag’s head, purchased from the Merrin Gallery of Manhattan for $2.6 million in November 1991.
From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2021
Before them kneels another figure with the face, pointed animal ears and hair of a Greco-Roman satyr, yet he drinks from a Greco-Persian vessel called a rhyton, made of a beast's head and neck.
From Time Magazine Archive
He has a cup in the left hand and a rhyton in the right hand.
From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by Smith, A. H.
On the cornice above the main entrance is the rhyton, the ancient Greek drinking horn, symbol of festivity.
From The Jewel City by Macomber, Ben
The only similar piece of silver-work known is the bull's-head rhyton in the Hermitage Collection, St. Petersburg.
From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)
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