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
490–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
first half of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–480 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
490–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–480 BCE
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
Douris
· -500 TO -450
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
Douris
· -500 TO -450
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
500–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–480 BCE
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
Douris
· -500 TO -450
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
first half of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
first half of the 5th century BCE
Attic Black-Figure Cup Fragment
BF
6th century B.C.
Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)?
470–450 BCE
Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
Kachrylion
· 520–500 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 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
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
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
late sixth century BCE/early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
first quarter of the 5th century BCE
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
Douris
· -500 TO -450
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 fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
the Painter of London D 12
· second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
the Painter of London D 12
· second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Attic Red-Figure Cup Fragment
RF
500–450 B.C.
Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)
470–450 BCE
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
Douris
· -500 TO -450
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
520–500 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
520–500 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
520–500 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
500–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
520–500 BCE
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)