0 a long, narrow clay container with two handles, wider at the top than at the base, that was used in ancient times especially for storing oil or wine
At the Louvre in Paris there is a very famous Greek amphora which I hope you will see some day.
The worthy merchant began to repent his choice, as amphora after amphora was pierced and emptied.
The young woman's milk-can, a great amphora of hammered brass, stood some way off upon the sward.
There were jewels and coins, candelabra for unavailing light, and wine hardened in the amphorae for a prolongation of agonized life.
The latter has the subtypes 'amphora', 'kylix', and 'lekythos'.
These wines were stored in sealed earthenware amphorae and kept for many years.
The amphora complements the large storage container, the pithos, which makes available capacities between one-half and two and one-half tons.
