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Daed•a•lid



Pronunciation: (ded'l-id or, esp. Brit., dēd'l-id), [key]
—adj.
1. pertaining to or designating a style of vase painting developed in Attica from the middle to the end of the 7th century b.c., characterized chiefly by the use of the black-figure style in painting and a narrative treatment of subject matter.
2. pertaining to or designating a style of terra-cotta sculpture developed in Greece during the 7th century b.c.

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