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.
Source: Perseus Encyclopedia.
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Zeus Courting Ganymede, by the Penthesileia painter. Red-figure kylix from 450 B.C.
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