See also:AMPHORA (a Latin word from Gr. aµdopeus, derived from See also:awl* on both sides, and OpeLv, to See also:bear)
, a large big-bellied See also:vessel used by the See also:ancient Greeks and See also:Romans for preserving See also:wine, oil, See also:honey, and fruits; and in later times as a cinerary See also:urn
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It was so named from usually having an See also:ear or handle on each See also:side of the See also:neck (diota)
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It was commonly made of earthenware, but sometimes of See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone, See also:glass or even more costly materials
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Amphorae either rested on a See also:foot, or ended in a point so that they had to be fixed in the ground
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The older amphorae were See also:oval-shaped, such as the vases filled with oil for prizes at the Panathenaic festival, having on one side a figure of See also:Athena, on the other a See also:representation of the contest; the latter were tall and slender, with voluted handles
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The first class exhibits See also:black figures on a reddish background, the second red figures on a black ground
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The See also:amphora was a See also:standard measure of capacity among both Greeks and Romans, the See also:Attic containing nearly nine gallons, and the See also:Roman about six
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In See also:modern See also:botany it is aexpressed in the See also:form f 0s/iN2 sine cb d4
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The hyperbolic or
Gudermannian See also:amplitude of the quantity x is tan (sinh x)
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In See also:mechanics, the amplitude of a See also:wave is the maximum See also:ordinate
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