kylix

[ UK /kˈa‍ɪlɪks/ ]
NOUN
  1. a shallow drinking cup with two handles; used in ancient Greece
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  • On November 29 -- without the fanfare graciously displayed at the MFA -- the Met received from Italy a kylix (drinking cup) from 560 to 550 B.C., which will be on loan to the museum until November 2010. Italy versus the Illicit Trade
  • 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.
  • Rather the first sentence can only sensibly read "I am the kylix of Cupe Althrna". Archive 2007-03-01
  • In the April 2001 issue I read a presentation of Kylix, which I have been waiting for, being a Pascal and Delphi programmer, but the price of these two commercial products has made it impossible for my budget.
  • 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.
  • At a conference in Viterbo, north of Rome, the following October, an Italian scholar presented evidence that a fragmentary red-figure kylix at the Getty had been taken illegally from Cerveteri. The Trial in Rome
  • Blegen and Rawson considered the miniature kylix to be local to the southwest Peloponnese.
  • Archeologists also discovered a second bronze sword with a bone handle, a bronze and iron dagger, a pair of greaves armoured plates, an arrowhead, a spear point, a golden kylix or wine cup and a bronze boiler in the grave. Archive 2008-10-01
  • While the Met dismissed the evidence offered about the Morgantina treasure as inconclusive, True conducted a review of the Euphronios-Onesimos kylix and concluded that it should be returned to Italy. The Trial in Rome
  • Vernon Silver shines a spotlight over the shockingly cut-throat often illegal by even renowned museums competition for priceless ancient art by focusing on a kylix by famous ancient Greek artisan Euphronios. The Lost Chalice: The Epic Hunt for a Priceless Masterpiece-Vernon Silver « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews
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