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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