Kore

From Ancient Greek ÎºÏŒÏÎ· ("girl, maiden").

Full definition of kore

(plural korai or kores)

(arts, sculpture) An Ancient Greek statue of a woman, portrayed standing, usually clothed, painted in bright colours and having an elaborate hairstyle.

1966, Spyros MeletzÄ“s, HelenÄ“ A. PapadakÄ“, 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, kores%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=sOSGT-XsDeyOmQXkhJ2sBw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22kore%22|kores%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false 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, %22kores%22|%22korai%22+statue+OR+sculpture+OR+art+OR+greece+OR+athens+OR+attic+-korea+-intitle:%22kore%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=V_aGT5TDIKbJmAW_z7DABw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22kore%22|%22kores%22|%22korai%22%20statue%20OR%20sculpture%20OR%20art%20OR%20greece%20OR%20athens%20OR%20attic%20-korea%20-intitle%3A%22kore%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 9,Inscribed dedications often took the form of korai (singular: kore): statues, usually life-size or larger of female figures, generally goddesses.