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What is a kylix?

What is a kylix? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. An Ancient Greek drinking cup with a stem, two handles, and a broad, shallow body
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Another from Tanagra in Boiotia shows a person raising a kylix or goblet while another individual raises both hands in an apparent gesture of mourning.
A kylix from Vulci, and now at Munich, is remarkable for the scene depicted on it.
It will be seen hereafter, when we come to speak of Greece, how the forms of the kylix improve.
For this purpose, Cretan elites borrowed from the Mycenaean world vessels such as the kylix, goblet, bowl, and krater in order to emphasize the moment of consumption.
The most outstanding example of Sèvres is a relatively plain and graceful bowl with a low foot and curved handles, like a Greek kylix.
It much resembles the Greek kylix or cylix, except that the foot is less perfect.

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