kourotrophos

See also: Kourotrophos

English

Etymology

Presumably from Kourotrophos, assigned by Elizabeth B. French, c. 1970

Noun

kourotrophos (plural kourotrophoi)

(archaeology) Any of a class of Mycenaean terracotta figurines depicting women carrying children.

References

Alena Trckova-Flamee (September 2005). "The Mycenaean Terracotta Figurine from the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels". ANISTORITON: ArtHistory 9:O053.

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