Lebes
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The lebes is a type of ancient Greek cauldron, normally in bronze. It is a deep bowl with a rounded bottom. It was often supported by a sacrificial tripod. In classical times, a foot was attached and
Lebes gamikos, a vessel that was part of an ancient Greek wedding.
Sacrificial tripod
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A sacrificial tripod, whose name comes from the Greek meaning "three-footed", is a three-legged piece of religious furniture used in offerings and other ritual procedures. This ritual role derives fro
Lebes
…lébēs, plural lebetes) is a type of ancient Greek cauldron, normally in bronze. It is a deep bowl with a rounded bottom. It was often supported by a sacrificial tripod. In classical times, a foot was attached and it was typically used as a cooking pot. The tripod lebes is characterized by two round vertical handles…
Apollo and Heracles struggle for the Delphic tripod; side A from an Attic red-figure stamnos, c. 480 BC. Louvre
Priestess of Delphi (1891), as imagined by John Collier; the Pythia is inspired by pneuma rising from below as she sits on a tripod
An ancient Greek coin c. 330–300 BC. Laureate head of Apollo (left) and ornate tripod (right)
Griffins from Olympia, 7th century BC