Template:Did you know nominations/Lekythion

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The result was: promoted by  — Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:19, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

Lekythion

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• ... that the lekythion, a metric pattern in Greek poetry, was named after a joke involving people losing their little oil flasks?

• Reviewed: Eucommia constans

Created/expanded by Future Perfect at Sunrise (talk). Self nom at 12:20, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

• very interesting. AGF all refs as they are either offline or in Greek. Strongly suggest this be placed either: 1) as lead with photo as we get very few quality photos of ancient Greek pottery or as 2) in the quirky (last) slot. PumpkinSky talk 22:11, 13 September 2012 (UTC)