(Greek: όλπη , “jug”). A type of ancient Greek wine jug. Olpai (pl.) are generally taller than they are wide, with a smoothly curving profile (no distinct shoulder) and a single handle. Web resource here.

Amasis Painter. Black-figure olpe with Herakles entering Olympus. Ca. 550-530 BCE. Musée du Louvre, Paris.