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n. - A small box used by ancient Greeks to hold medicines; Fruit of such plants as the plantain.

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  • Ear-rings in various shapes, necklaces in numerous rows, bracelets in the forms of hoops or snakes for the upper and lower arms, and various other trinkets v. 'ere in great...
  • Ranging in size from two to ten centimeters, the pieces include an ivory furniture plaque, a gold ring, a red jasper stamp seal, and the flat lid of a pyxis, or small...
  • About pyxis Discovery B.V. (www. pyxis-discovery.com)
  • Detail from a pyxis showing a scene from the women's quarter, c450BC Photograph: British Musuem
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