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
BOEOTIAN BIRD CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
WG
cup
cup
CUP (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
cup
cup
cup
cup
CUP SKYPHOS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
cup
cup
BOEOTIAN BIRD CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
WG
cup
CUP, STEMLESS (BOEOTIAN GEOMETRIC)
cup
cup
BOEOTIAN BIRD CUP (BOEOTIAN)
cup
cup
cup
CUP, FRAGMENT (BOEOTIAN)
CUP (BOEOTIAN)
CUP (BOEOTIAN GEOMETRIC)
cup
cup
cup
cup
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
EUERGIDES P
· -525 to -475
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
CUP (BOEOTIAN)
cup
cup
CUP B (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
EPIKTETOS by ROBINSON
· -525 to -475
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup; kantharos
cup
cup
cup
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (ITALIAN, BRONZE AGE)
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
CUP (ITALIAN, BRONZE AGE)
cup
cup
cup
CUP (ITALIAN, BRONZE AGE)
cup
cup
cup
cup
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