There are many shapes in the Greek vases
according to its purposes. Though the shapes differ from
the region to the region, the differences are not remarkable.
In this section, the shapes and the purposes of Greek vase,
mainly Attic vase, are told.
We can usually use a same term at the vases of any period,
for the changes occured very slowly, although there is 300
years distance from the beginning of the Attic black-figure
to the end of the red-figure. Of course some are abandoned
and some are newly invented.
Then the shapes of most vases developed from stout to slender
as time went by.
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