Definition:
The kylix is a footed, two-handled, Greek drinking vessel. It was one of four common forms of Greek cups: skyphos, kotyle, kylix, and kantharos. The interior was often painted, as in this example, even though the scene so depicted would be hidden until the diner drank the wine that it would have held.
Source: Perseus Encyclopedia.
Alternate Spellings: ?????, cylix
Examples:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has a c.
480 B.C. terracotta red figure kylix signed by the painter Hieron, with a symposium scene on the outside, indicative of the normal environment in which the kylix was used. In the interior, the symposium imbiber would soon have found a satyr and maenad. See Terracotta kylix (drinking cup) Signed by Hieron.
