# Kylix (Drinking Cup)

- By: Ancient Greek
- Date: about 540-530 BCE
- Medium: terracotta, black-figure
- Classification: Vessel
- Dimensions: 9.2 × 20.5 × 14.6 cm (3 5/8 × 8 1/8 × 5 3/4 in.)
- Culture: Polis
- Credit line: Gift of Martin A. Ryerson through The Antiquarian Society
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/87650)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/ff6dc18c-22b9-8478-3b72-fdfaaa8a5228/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This is an example of the most popular type of wine cup in ancient Greece, the kylix. Rising from a round foot and a thin stem, the cup flares out to a wide bowl with two handles on opposite sides. In the decorative band around the lip of this cup, a human figure in Grecian dress is depicted in the company of a lion.

Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0