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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.
Droop cup, Paris, Louvre CA 2512 Underside of another cup, "Group of Rhodes", 540–520 BC. Droop cups (pronounced: Drope) are a type of Little-master cup in the pottery of ancient Greece, produced about 550 to 510 BC, probably mostly in Laconia. A few examples date to the fifth century BC.
The London cup is considered a masterpiece of the black-figure style. The Phrynos Painter belongs to the so-called Little masters ; his paintings are very fine in detail and lively in style. Although a number of vases can be ascribed to him, his style is not yet fully understood.
Janko (2015) places Acesander's cup among the other early Greek alphabet writings in 730 BC or earlier, [6] while Tzifopoulos, Bessios, and Kotsonas (2017) date it between c. 730 and 720 BC. [7] The existence of pottery with Euboean script in Methone from this particular date appears to support Plutarch 's accounts that the city was founded by ...
A Little masters cup. The Little masters were a group of potters and vase painters who produced vases of the Attic black-figure style featuring well-done figures in miniature. They were active in Athens approximately 560–530 BC. [1] They mainly produced Little-master cups: lip cups, band cups, and droop cups, but were not entirely limited to ...
This band cup shows an uninhibited procession, a common depiction of Dionysian myth. [6]Author Mary Moore discusses the importance of the viewer facing Satyr, being that it brings attention to the scene of Hephaistos and Dionysus, in which these two figures have their gazes fixated on each other which reflects the significance of their interaction. [6]
In March, a mother was horrified to find a pedophile symbol on a toy she bought for her daughter. Although the symbol was not intentionally placed on the toy by the company who manufactured the ...
The Brygos Cup of Würzburg (de: Würzburger Brygosschale) is an Attic red-figure kylix from about 480 BC. It was made by the Brygos potter and painted by the man known as the Brygos Painter . It depicts some of the best-known images of ancient Greek pottery .