Tanagra
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈtanəɡɹə/
Proper noun
  1. A city in southeastern Viotia prefecture Greece.
Noun

Tanagra

  1. (often, attributive) A style of terracotta statuary from the 5th to 3rd centuries BCE.
    • 1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 1005:
      He advanced, touched the covers with his fingers as if to identify and greet the author of each, and then progressed towards the group of Tanagra figures in their glass case.



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