What is the difference between a metaphor and an amphora?
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Amphora
//ˈæm.fə.ɹə//
Synonyms for "amphora" (4 found)
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34 translations across 26 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀμφορεύς noun (large clay vessel used in ancient Greece and Rome for storing wine and oil)
Aramaic
4 entries- ܐܘܦܪܐ noun (large clay vessel used in ancient Greece and Rome for storing wine and oil)
- ܓܘܪܢܐ noun (large clay vessel used in ancient Greece and Rome for storing wine and oil)
- ܕܘܪܩܐ noun (large clay vessel used in ancient Greece and Rome for storing wine and oil)
- ܩܘܩܐ noun (large clay vessel used in ancient Greece and Rome for storing wine and oil)
Armenian
1 entries- կարաս noun (large clay vessel used in ancient Greece and Rome for storing wine and oil)
Bulgarian
1 entries- амфора noun (large clay vessel used in ancient Greece and Rome for storing wine and oil)
Catalan
1 entries- àmfora noun (large clay vessel used in ancient Greece and Rome for storing wine and oil)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 雙耳瓶 /双耳瓶 noun (large clay vessel used in ancient Greece and Rome for storing wine and oil)
- 雙耳細頸橢圓土罐 /双耳细颈椭圆土罐 noun (large clay vessel used in ancient Greece and Rome for storing wine and oil)
Dutch
1 entries- amfoor noun (large clay vessel used in ancient Greece and Rome for storing wine and oil)
Esperanto
1 entries- amforo noun (large clay vessel used in ancient Greece and Rome for storing wine and oil)
Finnish
1 entries- amfora noun (large clay vessel used in ancient Greece and Rome for storing wine and oil)
French
1 entries- amphore noun (large clay vessel used in ancient Greece and Rome for storing wine and oil)
German
1 entries- Amphore noun (large clay vessel used in ancient Greece and Rome for storing wine and oil)
Greek
1 entries- αμφορέας noun (large clay vessel used in ancient Greece and Rome for storing wine and oil)
Hungarian
1 entries- amfora noun (large clay vessel used in ancient Greece and Rome for storing wine and oil)
Italian
1 entries- anfora noun (large clay vessel used in ancient Greece and Rome for storing wine and oil)
Latin
1 entries- amphora noun (large clay vessel used in ancient Greece and Rome for storing wine and oil)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- جره noun (large clay vessel used in ancient Greece and Rome for storing wine and oil)
- كوپ noun (large clay vessel used in ancient Greece and Rome for storing wine and oil)
Persian
3 entries- روغندان noun (large clay vessel used in ancient Greece and Rome for storing wine and oil)
- لورانک noun (large clay vessel used in ancient Greece and Rome for storing wine and oil)
- کوپ noun (large clay vessel used in ancient Greece and Rome for storing wine and oil)
Polish
1 entries- amfora noun (large clay vessel used in ancient Greece and Rome for storing wine and oil)
Portuguese
1 entries- ânfora noun (large clay vessel used in ancient Greece and Rome for storing wine and oil)
Romanian
1 entries- amforă noun (large clay vessel used in ancient Greece and Rome for storing wine and oil)
Russian
1 entries- а́мфора noun (large clay vessel used in ancient Greece and Rome for storing wine and oil)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- amfora noun (large clay vessel used in ancient Greece and Rome for storing wine and oil)
Spanish
1 entries- cántaro noun (large clay vessel used in ancient Greece and Rome for storing wine and oil)
Swedish
1 entries- amfora noun (large clay vessel used in ancient Greece and Rome for storing wine and oil)
Turkish
1 entries- amfora noun (large clay vessel used in ancient Greece and Rome for storing wine and oil)
Ugaritic
1 entries- 𐎗𐎈𐎁𐎚 noun (large clay vessel used in ancient Greece and Rome for storing wine and oil)
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By concurrent use of panel decoration and concentric-circle ornament, and by free employment of red paint, the fully developed style of the Geometric Period attains a wide range of rich and elaborate effects. These are best displayed on the necks and shoulders of the very large amphorai which are characteristic of this period.
Source: wiktionary
A complete set for a ten-man symposion (an ordinary size) with ten deep cups, ten shallow cups, two mixing-bowls, two wine-jugs, two hydriai, two amphorai would cost in the neighbourhood of forty drachmai, and that would not be an unreasonable price for a rich man for a special occasion.
Source: wiktionary
Traditionally, the style of an artefact has been separated from its function. Thus, the function of a Greek pot – defined in terms of whether it was intended for transportation (hydriai or large amphorai), storage (pithoi and some kraters), distribution (oinokhoai) or consumption (cups, skyphoi and plates) – tends to be treated separately from any painted decoration on its surface.
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