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
kylix
CUP B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
kylix
CUP DROOP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P by BEAZLEY
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
BELDAM P by BEAZLEY
· -525 to -475
kylix
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
kylix
kylix
kylix
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
kylix
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix; stemless cup
kylix
CUP B (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
VILLA GIULIA P
· -500 to -450
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
CUP B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ELAIOUS I, P OF
· -525 to -475
kylix; stemless cup
kylix
kylix
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LANCUT GROUP
· -525 to -475
kylix
kylix
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-525 to -475
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
kylix
kylix
kylix
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-575 to -525
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)