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 stemless? kylix (drinking cup)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a stemless? kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
Makron
· 500–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–470 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
first quarter of the 4th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)
RF
525–515 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
Makron
· 500–480 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a stemless? kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)
RF
525–515 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)
RF
520–510 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a stemless? kylix (drinking cup)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a stemless? kylix (drinking cup)
450–440 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a stemless? kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)
RF
525–510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a stemless? kylix (drinking cup)
mid-5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
late 6th century BCE/early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
520–500 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)
RF
525–510 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a stemless? kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)
mid-5th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a stemless? kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)
mid-5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)
mid-5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)
mid-5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)
mid-5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)
RF
520–510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a stemless? kylix (drinking cup)
mid-5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)
mid-5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)
mid-5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a stemless? kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
500–490 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a stemless? kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–470 BCE
Terracotta fragments of stemless kylikes (drinking cups)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of stemless kylikes (drinking cups)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)
RF
520–510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
the Euergides Painter
· 510–500 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–470 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–470 BCE
Terracotta fragments of stemless kylikes (drinking cups)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)
470–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)
470–450 BCE
Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
Makron
· 500–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 6th century BCE
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