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kylix
[ kahy-liks, kil-iks ]
noun
- a shallow bowl having two horizontal handles projecting from the sides, often set upon a stem terminating in a foot: used as a drinking cup.
kylix
/ ˈkɪl-; ˈkaɪlɪks /
noun
- a shallow two-handled drinking vessel used in ancient Greece
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Example Sentences
It much resembles the Greek kylix or cylix, except that the foot is less perfect.
No slave (and slaves then abounded) used a kylix from which to drink his wine, nor an nochoe from which to pour it.
We give two examples of the cylix or kylix used for a drinking-cup, which always carried two handles.
A kylix from Vulci, and now at Munich, is remarkable for the scene depicted on it.
The kylix (Fig. 183) was the cup most generally used, and varied in shape.
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