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
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
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
480–470 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
mid-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
490–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
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
500–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
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
the Ambrosios Painter
· 520–500 BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
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
5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
460–450 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
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
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)