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
CUP B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
band-cup
band-cup
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
CUP B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
band-cup
band-cup
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
band-cup
band-cup
siana cup; band-cup
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
band-cup; lip-cup
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
band-cup
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
band-cup; lip-cup
band-cup
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
band-cup
band-cup; skyphos
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
band-cup
band-cup
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
ionian cup; bowl
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
cassel cup
cassel cup
cassel cup
cassel cup
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
cassel cup
chalice-cup
chalice-cup
chalice-cup
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 to -400
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LONDON E 106, P OF
· -450 to -400
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LONDON E 106, P OF
· -450 to -400
chalice-cup
chalice-cup
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
chalice-cup
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