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)
first quarter of the 4th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
first quarter of the 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
mid-4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
first half of the 4th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
490–470 BCE
Terracotta rim fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
490–470 BCE
Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
490–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
first quarter of the 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
first half of the 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
first quarter of the 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 5th century BCE/early 4th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a stemless? kylix (drinking cup)
mid-5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
first half of the 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 5th century BCE/early 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
first half of the 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
first half of the 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
first half of the 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
first half of the 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
first quarter of the 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
first half of the 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
second quarter of the 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
first half of the 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
490–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 5th century BCE/early 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 5th century BCE/early 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
first half of the 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
490–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 5th century BCE/early 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
third quarter of the 4th century
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
second quarter of the 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
second quarter of the 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
first half of the 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
first half of the 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
second quarter of the 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
second quarter of the 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
mid-4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a 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 kylix (drinking cup)
RF
500–490 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
500–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
500–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
500–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
500–480 BCE
Attic Black-Figure Eye Cup Fragments
BF
Krokotos Painter
· about 530–520 B.C.
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
520–510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
Epiktetos
· 520–510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
Makron
· 500–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
Makron
· 500–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
Makron
· 500–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
Makron
· 500–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
Makron
· 500–480 BCE
Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
Makron
· 500–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
the Foundry Painter
· 490–470 BCE
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)