Vaphio

American  

[vah-fee-oh, vah-fyaw] / ˈvɑ fiˌoʊ, vɑˈfyɔ /

Or Vafio

noun

1. an archaeological site in S Greece, in Peloponnesus.

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Example Sentences

Meanwhile at Vaphio, Enkomi, Knossos, and elsewhere the art is often excellent.

From Homer and His Age by Lang, Andrew

They were found in a "bee-hive" tomb at Vaphio, an ancient site in Greece, not far from Sparta.

From Buried Cities, Volume 3 Mycenae by Hall, Jennie

These serve to date, beyond all reasonable question, Periods III. 1-2 in Crete, the shaft-graves in the Mycenae circle, the Vaphio tomb, &c., to the 16th and 15th centuries B.C., and Period III.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

The magnificent gold work of the later period, preserved to us at Mycenae and Vaphio, needs only to be mentioned.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

We have to ask, do the Homeric descriptions of shields tally with the representations of shields in works of art, discovered in the graves of Mycenae, Spata in Attica, Vaphio in Sparta, and elsewhere?

From Homer and His Age by Lang, Andrew