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 fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
500–470 BCE
Attic Black-Figure Cup Fragment
BF
6th century B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Cup Fragment
RF
500–450 B.C.
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 fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
470–460 BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–470 BCE
Attic Black-Figure Cup Fragment
BF
6th century B.C.
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
5th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Attic Red-Figure Cup Fragment
RF
500–450 B.C.
Terracotta rim fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
mid-5th century BCE
Attic Black-Figure Cup Fragment
BF
6th century B.C.
Terracotta rim fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
mid-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
490–470 BCE
Attic Black-Figure Cup Fragment
BF
6th century B.C.
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
460–440 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–470 BCE
Attic Red-Figure Cup Fragment
RF
500–450 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Cup Fragment
BF
6th century B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Kylix Fragment
RF
about 500–475 B.C.
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
Attic Black-Figure Cup Fragment
BF
6th century B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Cup Fragment
RF
500–450 B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Cup Fragment
RF
about 500–480 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Cup Fragment
BF
6th century B.C.
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
490–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
first quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
500–480 BCE
Attic Red-Figure Cup Fragment
RF
Pithos Painter
· about 500–490 B.C.
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–470 BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
460–440 BCE
Attic Black-Figure Cup Fragment
BF
6th century B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Kylix Fragment
RF
Epeleios Painter
· about 500–475 B.C.
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
460–440 BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
500–480 BCE
Attic Red-Figure Cup Fragment
RF
500–450 B.C.
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Attic Red-Figure Cup Fragment
RF
500–450 B.C.
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
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