Meaning of kourai | Babel Free
Definitions
animate statues of beautiful maidens, forged out of gold by the divine smith Hephaistos, who attended the Olympian gods
plural, plural-only
Examples
“On view from the sixth century B.C. are two small Attic representations of kourai, dressed statues of maidens, said to represent the Athenian aristocracy in rites celebrating the goddess Athena.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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