Crossword-Solution: AMPHORAS
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| Clue | Answers |
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| Ancient Mediterranean jars | 1 answer |
| Commemorative vases | 1 answer |
| Old Greek jars | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
RTEEA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with AMPHORAS (5)
Here I found fragments of antique bricks, tegulae bipedales, amphoras, pottery of the lustrous Sorrentine ware--Surrentina bibis?--pavements of opus signinum, as well as one large Roman paving flag of the type that is found on the road between Termini and Punta Campanella.
After a little sigh she glanced at the wine in one of the small amphoras which Rachel had brought to her as a drinking-cup.
One is struck by the great number of shoe shops in the bazaar, displaying true Persian shoes with pointed turned-up toes,--then by the brass and copper vessel shops, the ancient and extremely graceful shapes of the vessels and amphoras being to this date faithfully preserved and reproduced.
But still more pleasing to the eye is the large table loaded with drinking cups and half-emptied amphoras.
Accordingly, he produced from his ample coffers the large amphoras, the goblets, the large bowls, the huge dishes--all of massive gold or silver, fashioned in the Greek, Roman or Gallic style and as varied as the plunderings from which these riches proceeded.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: New Yorker, NYT, WP.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1991–2023).