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kore | kor |

As a proper noun kor is

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kore

English

Noun

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  • (arts, sculpture) An Ancient Greek statue of a woman, portrayed standing, usually clothed, painted in bright colours and having an elaborate hairstyle.
  • * 1966 , Spyros Meletz?s, Helen? A. Papadak?, Akropolis and Museum , page 42,
    • 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 ,.
  • * 1995 , Irene Bald Romano, University of Pennsylvania Museum, The Terracotta Figurines and Related Vessels , page 14,
    • Ducat believes that all the kore plastic vessels wearing transverse himatia ending in stepped folds over the abdomen originate in Rhodes (1966: 72).
  • * 2002 , Matthew Dillon, Girls and Women in Classical Greek Religion , page 9,
    • 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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    * kouros (statue of a male)

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    kor

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (historical) An ancient Hebrew and Phoenician unit of measure of capacity.
  • * 2002 , Don Victor Bovey, In Touch With Eternity , page 161,
    • Solomon responded by committing 20,000 kors' of pure oil and 20,000 '''kors''' of wheat in annual payments. A '''kor''' of oil is an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid of about 58 gallons. A ' kor of wheat is equal to 6.25 bushels.

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