Shape
Kylix
κύλιξ
27209 vases
The wide, shallow drinking cup of the symposium. The interior tondo — revealed as the drinker emptied the cup — was a prized space for painters. Some of the most intimate and inventive compositions appear inside kylikes.
Function & Use
Drinking wine at the symposium
27209 examples
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
first half of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
late 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second half of 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
first quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
first quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
late 6th century BCE/early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
late 6th century BCE/early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
late 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)