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 rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
520–510 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
late 6th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
the Telephos Painter
· 480–470 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
470–460 BCE
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
Manner ofDOURIS
· -500 TO -450
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
mid-5th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
late 6th/early 5th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
mid-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
500–480 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
470–450 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
5th century BCE
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
Manner ofDOURIS
· -500 TO -450
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 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 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 rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–480 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
460–450 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
late 6th century BCE
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
Manner ofDOURIS
· -500 TO -450
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
500–480 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
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 rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–480 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–480 BCE
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
Hermonax
· -500 TO -450
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 rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–480 BCE
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
PAN P
· -500 TO -450
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
first half of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
5th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
first half of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
first half of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
5th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
5th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
5th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–480 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
mid-5th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
first half 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
mid-5th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
mid-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
first quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta rim 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 rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
first quarter of the 5th century
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
510–500 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–480 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
mid-5th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–480 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
500–480 BCE
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)