kore
see also: Kore
Pronunciation Noun
Kore
Proper noun
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see also: Kore
Pronunciation Noun
kore (plural korai)
- (arts, sculpture) An Ancient Greek statue of a woman, portrayed standing, usually clothed, painted in bright colours and having an elaborate hairstyle.
- 1966, Spyros Meletzēs, Helenē A. Papadakē, Akropolis and Museum, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=pmfqAAAAMAAJ&q=%22kores%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22kores%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=XeyGT7yjI-jimAXrq8jIBw&redir_esc=y page 42],
- Mus. No 685: Archaic kore of island marble (500-490 B. C.) 4 ft high. Attic work. This kore is not wearing the Ionian smile, but a look of solemn gravity. She does not gather up her robes with the left hand like the other kores, […] .
- 1995, Irene Bald Romano, University of Pennsylvania Museum, The Terracotta Figurines and Related Vessels, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=km3itun2v5MC&pg=PA14&dq=%22kore%22|kores%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=sOSGT-XsDeyOmQXkhJ2sBw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22kore%22|kores%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 14],
- Ducat believes that all the kore plastic vessels wearing transverse himatia ending in stepped folds over the abdomen originate in Rhodes (1966: 72).
- 2002, Matthew Dillon, Girls and Women in Classical Greek Religion, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=A4YyVL0sygAC&pg=PA9&dq=%22kore%22|%22kores%22|%22korai%22+statue+OR+sculpture+OR+art+OR+greece+OR+athens+OR+attic+-korea+-intitle:%22kore%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=V_aGT5TDIKbJmAW_z7DABw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22kore%22|%22kores%22|%22korai%22%20statue%20OR%20sculpture%20OR%20art%20OR%20greece%20OR%20athens%20OR%20attic%20-korea%20-intitle%3A%22kore%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 9],
- Inscribed dedications often took the form of korai (singular: kore): statues, usually life-size or larger of female figures, generally goddesses.
- 1966, Spyros Meletzēs, Helenē A. Papadakē, Akropolis and Museum, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=pmfqAAAAMAAJ&q=%22kores%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22kores%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=XeyGT7yjI-jimAXrq8jIBw&redir_esc=y page 42],
Kore
Proper noun
- (Greek god) The birth name of Persephone/Proserpina, the queen of the Underworld/Hades, and goddess of the seasons and of vegetation. She is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter; and the wife of Hades.
- (astronomy) A moon of Jupiter.
- (rare) A female given name.
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