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Silver kylix with Helen and Hermes, c. 420 BC. In the pottery of ancient Greece, a kylix (/ ˈ k aɪ l ɪ k s / KY-liks, / ˈ k ɪ l ɪ k s / KIL-iks; Ancient Greek: κύλιξ, pl. κύλικες; also spelled cylix; pl.: kylikes / ˈ k aɪ l ɪ k iː z / KY-lih-keez, / ˈ k ɪ l ɪ k iː z / KIL-ih-keez) is the most common type of cup in the period, usually associated with the drinking of wine.
Patera from Georgia, likely depicting Fortuna (2nd century AD, [1] Georgian National Museum). In the material culture of classical antiquity, a patera (Latin pronunciation:) or phiale (Ancient Greek: φιάλη [pʰi.á.lɛː]) [2] is a shallow ceramic or metal libation bowl.
The East Greek Bird Bowl is an early type of vessel produced by East Greek vase painting. The East Greek Bird Bowl developed around 700 BC, probably in northern Ionia , from the bird- kotyle . Although they are subgeometric in style, they belong to Orientalising period of Ancient Greek vase painting .
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Dinos means ' drinking cup ', but in modern typology is used (wrongly) for the same shape as a lebes, that is, a bowl with a spherical body meant to sit on a stand. It has no handles and no feet. [1] The Dinos Painter, one of the ancient Greek artists known for ancient Greek vase painting, takes his name from the type of vase characteristic of ...
During antiquity, the temple was home to the famous Greek prophetess the Pythia, or the Oracle of Delphi, making the Temple of Apollo and the sanctuary at Delphi a major Panhellenic religious site as early as the 8th century B.C.E., and a place of great importance at many different periods of ancient Greek history. [3]
Libation (Ancient Greek: σπονδή, spondȇ, [spondɛ̌ː]) was a central and vital aspect of ancient Greek religion, and one of the simplest and most common forms of religious practice. [11] It is one of the basic religious acts that define piety in ancient Greece, dating back to the Bronze Age and even prehistoric Greece. [12]
Lebes gamikos, a vessel that was part of an ancient Greek wedding. The lebes (Greek 'λέβης', plural lebetes) is a type of ancient Greek cauldron, normally in bronze. It is a deep bowl with a rounded bottom. It was often supported by a sacrificial tripod. [1] In classical times, a foot was attached and it was typically used as a cooking pot.