单词 | dipylon |
释义 | Dipylonn.adj. Greek Archaeology. 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. ΚΠ 1835 Penny 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. 1955 Archit. Rev. 117 295 A truncated dipylon gripped between canted buttresses. 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. ΚΠ 1896 Daily News 12 June 5/1 Through the modifications of the Dipylon period..the fashions of Greek ladies were always changing. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 572/2 We engrave an excerpt from a Dipylon vase. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 759/1 The discovery of the Dipylon Gate, the principal entrance of ancient Athens. 1911 W. M. F. Petrie Revol. of Civilisation iii. 59 The rise of a new art began to dawn in the dipylon vases. 1950 H. L. Lorimer Homer & Monuments v. 164 The numerous indications that the Dipylon shield was wielded by a hand-grip dissociate it from the Minoan shield. 1950 H. L. Lorimer Homer & Monuments v. 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < |
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