Painted vases are about all that remains of Greek painting. Pottery making was a large industry in Greece, especially in Athens. Containers were in great demand for exports, such as oil and honey, and for household purposes. The earliest style of vase painting was known as the geometric style (1100-700 B.C.).
transitive verb. 1 : extend the main outlines of the land yet lay clearly distended before them â Norman Douglas. 2 : to enlarge from internal pressure : swell a distended abdomen. intransitive verb. : to become expanded causing the stomach to distend.
1 Bloating is the subjective feeling that the abdomen is full but does not necessarily mean that the abdomen is enlarged. 2  Distention is the objective enlargement of the abdomen. 3  Continuous distention of the abdomen usually is caused by fluid, tumors, enlarged organs, or fat within the abdomen.