kore

Definitions

1. 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.
   Greek
2. A people living on Lamu Island on the northern Kenyan coast.
   plural, plural-only
3. An Ancient Greek statue of a woman, portrayed standing, usually clothed, painted in bright colours and having an elaborate hairstyle.
4. A moon of Jupiter.
5. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
   rare
6. A surname.
   rare

Equivalents

Examples

“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,[…].”

“Ducat believes that all the kore plastic vessels wearing transverse himatia ending in stepped folds over the abdomen originate in Rhodes (1966: 72).”

“Inscribed dedications often took the form⟳ of korai (singular: kore): statues, usually life-size or larger of female figures, generally goddesses.”

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