| 释义 |
Dipylon, a. and n. Gr. Archæol.|ˈdɪpɪlən|
Also Dipylum, and with small initial.
[L., a. Gr. δίπυλον, neut. of δίπυλος double-gated, f. δι- two + πύλη gate.]
A. n. A double gateway in which the two gates are placed side by side, spec. a gateway in Athens on the north-west side of the city.
B. adj. Denoting or pertaining to the Dipylon of Athens; spec. designating a style of Greek pottery belonging to the Geometric period found during excavations near this gate, or a similar Bœotian ware of the same period and of similar style, or to the designs found on such pottery.
1835Penny Cycl. III. 10/1 The direction of the wall from the Ilissus along the south and west sides of the city to the Dipylum is quite clear. 1896Daily News 12 June 5/1 Through the modifications of the Dipylon period..the fashions of Greek ladies were always changing. 1902Encycl. Brit. XXV. 572/2 We engrave an excerpt from a Dipylon vase. Ibid. 759/1 The discovery of the Dipylon Gate, the principal entrance of ancient Athens. 1911W. M. F. Petrie Revolutions of Civilisation iii. 59 The rise of a new art began to dawn in the dipylon vases. 1950H. L. Lorimer Homer & Monum. v. 164 The numerous indications that the Dipylon shield was wielded by a hand-grip dissociate it from the Minoan shield. Ibid. 165 The form of the Dipylon shield is simple, produced apparently by taking a hide cut to an oblong shape and stiffening it by a vertical stave down the middle and a horizontal one at top and bottom. 1955Archit. Rev. CXVII. 295 A truncated dipylon gripped between canted buttresses. |