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)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
520–510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
520–510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
520–510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
520–510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
520–510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
520–510 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
510–490 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragments of a kylix?
RF
490–470 B.C
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
510–480 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
520–510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
510–500 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
late 6th century/early 5th century
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
late 6th century/early 5th century
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
late 6th century/early 5th century
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
Skythes
· late 6th century/early 5th century
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
late 6th century/early 5th century
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
late 6th century/early 5th century
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
late 6th century/early 5th century
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
late 6th century/early 5th century
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
520–510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
470–460 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
520–510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
510–500 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
520–500 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
mid-5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
Skythes
· late 6th century/early 5th century
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
500–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
490–470 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
470–460 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
Skythes
· late 6th century/early 5th century
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
490–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
late 6th century/early 5th century
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
500–490 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
late 6th century/early 5th century
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
Skythes
· late 6th century/early 5th century
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