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
first half of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
525–500 BCE
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
ALKIMACHOS P
· -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
500–480 BCE
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
ALKIMACHOS P
· -500 TO -450
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
500–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
first half of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta rim 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
first 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
520–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
500–490 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
500–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
mid-5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
mid-5th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
mid-5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
500–480 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
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
500–480 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
first quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
520–490 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
520–500 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
the Poseidon Painter
· 520–500 BCE
Two Attic Red-Figure Kylix Fragments
RF
about 500–480 B.C.
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
late sixth century BCE/early 5th century 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
the Pithos Painter
· second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
520–490 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
first 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
first quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
the Bowdoin-Eye Painter
· 520–490 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
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
500–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
6th/5th centuries 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
late sixth century BCE/early 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
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
late sixth century BCE/early 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
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)