"Kylix" is a drinking cup with a horizontal handle on either side and used for wine. Its name seems to be applied to the cup in any shape.

The kylix has a frieze picture on the either side of the outside, and another in inside, which is called "tondo".

There are many varieties in the cup and classified by the shape of the lid, handle and stand. "Komast cup" has deep bowl and short stand. "Siana cup" has taller stand. "Merrythought cup" has handles shaped like a wishbone. "Little master cup" has a shallow bowl and a tall stand. "Gordion cup" is a midway between the siana cup and the little master cup.

"Kylix type A" has a broad stand and "kylix type B" has a continuous curve from the lip to the foot. "Chalcidizing cup" has a short stand and "Stemless cup" has no stand.

A deep bowl with concaved lip, short horizontal handles and a short stand. It was named after komast, a drunk, which preferred in this shape.

It was made 590-570 B.C. and developed into the Siana cup. Figures are depicted on the outside in the frieze pictures. A flower decoration is often depicted on the lip. Cf.Harvard 1925.30.133 (Perseus Project).

Dimensions: Diam.about 20cm

Similar to the komast cup, though this cup has a taller lip and a stand. It was named after the site where many cups of this shape were found. It was only made in the second quarter of the sixth century and developed into the gordion cup and little master cup.

There are two way in the decoration. One is called as "Over-lap" in which the decoration was arranged to extend over the lip and the body. The other is "double-decker" in which figures are arranged on the body and the lip has only flower ornament. Cf. Harvard1954.142 (Perseus Project). Either type usually have a tondo inside.

Dimensions: Diam.about 20-30cm

A midway between the siana cup and the little master cup, though the lip is convex. It was made about 560 B.C. Cf. Berlin V. I. 4604 (Perseus Project).

The figured scene is arranged on the band zone such as band cup, and other part was painted black.

Dimensions: Diam.about 20-30cm

A shallow bowl with concave lip and a tall stand. This name was derived from the painters, "little masters", who specialized in depicting small figures on this shape. This cup was produced 560-530 B.C. Many works are left and some cup bear the sign of the painter or the potter. There's no example painted by the red-figure.

This cup has two name by its depiction. "Band cup" has a frieze picture on the handle zone on either side and rest is painted black. Its tondo has a figured scene or a multiple circle. Cf. Harvard 1960.320 (Perseus Project).

The other is "Lip cup" in which some figures are arranged on the lip of either side and other part is reserved. The tondo usually has figured scene. Cf. Rhode 34.858 (Perseus Project).

Some small cup similar to this cup is called "Cassel cup". Cf. Oxford 1934.297 (Beazley Archive).

Dimensions: Diam.about 20-30cm

Similar to the little master cup, though the bowl is shallow, the stand is short and the lip is thick. It was made 550-510 B.C. All cup is painted by the black-figure.

This shape was named after the scholar who studied this cup. The figured scene is arranged on the handle zone such as the band cup, though the lower part of the bowl is painted not black, but the elaborate flower ornament. Cf. Droop cup from Vix (University of Virginia).

Dimensions: Diam.about 20cm

A bowl with no division between the lip and the body and a short thick stand. This shape is derived from the cup made in a Greek colony of south Italy. Cf. Malibu 86.AE.50 (Perseus Project). It was made from the third quarter of the sixth century and depicted by the black-figure and rarely by the red-figure.

Its general decoration is eyes on either side and sometimes a nose or a figure is arranged between it. A frieze picture is preferred in the red-figure. Its tondo usually has a figured scene.

Dimensions: Diam.about 20-30cm

A bowl with continuous profile from the lip to the body and handles have a shape like a wishbone. This cup was produced in the middle of the sixth century, though only small number is existed. Cf. Boston 99.518 (Perseus Project). A similar but more elaborate example was produced by the potter Sotades in the middle of the fifth century and inside has white ground.

A figured scene is arranged on either side of the body and ivy ornaments are depicted on the side of the handles.

Dimensions: Diam.about 20-30cm

A bowl with continuous profile from the lip to the body and broad stand. This shape is appeared after the middle of the sixth century and depicted by the black-figure and the red-figure. In the end of the sixth century, cups with black-figure inside and red-figure outside, so called "bilingual", are preferred. This shape become unfamiliar in the fifth century.

On the outside is generally eyes with some figures between it. Its tondo usually has a figured scene. Cf. Rhode 22.214 (Perseus Project).

Dimensions: Diam.about 20-30cm

A continuous profile from the lip to the foot. It was made from the late sixth century, though unfamiliar with the black-figure. In fifth century, it became the most general cup, although the stemless cup was preferred after the late fifth century.

Most of the cup has a tondo inside and two frieze pictures outside with figured scenes. However, there are some cup with its outside were painted black, inside were white ground or another frieze pictures around the tondo. In the middle of the fifth century, some enormous cups, which maybe too big to be used, were made. Cf. Harvard1895.248 (Perseus Project).

Dimensions: Diam.about 20-30cm, though some cup about 70cm were made in the middle of fifth century.

A bowl with a concaved lip and a short stand without a stem. This shape is appeared in the late sixth century with the black-figure and succeeded by the painters of the red-figure, though it was especially preferred after the middle of fifth century.

The way of the black-figure decoration is usually similar to the band cup and the red-figured cup is similar to the kylix. A relief ornament for its inside was preferred in the late fifth century. Cf. Berlin F2542 (Perseus Project).

Dimensions: Diam.about 20cm

A deep bowl with a short stand and a handle on either side and used as a drinking cup. It is reasonable to think that the word "Skyphos" was used for this shape from some evidences. "Kotyle" was used for the cup of every shape.

"Corinthian skyphos" has its origin in the Corinthian pottery with a horizontal handle on either side. "Hermogenean skyphos" has a flaring bowl and two handles extended upward. "Skyphos heron type" is similar to the former except for the broad stand. "Cup skyphos" is a hybrid shape of the kylix and the skyphos. "Skyphos type A" is similar to the former except for the broad stand. "Skyphos type B" has a horizontal and a vertical handle.

A deep bowl with a horizontal handle on either side below the lip and small stand. This shape had made in Corinth and Athenian potter imitated it. It was made from the beginning of the black-figure to the end of the fifth century, though not so many example was left.

A figured scene is arranged on either side of the body. Cf. Rhode 25.072 (Perseus Project).

Dimensions: Height about 10-20cm

A deep flaring bowl with a handle extended upward on either side and a small stand. This shape was probably introduced by the potter Hermogenes and produced in the third quarter of the sixth century and all of them is black-figure.

The way of decoration is similar to the band cup, the figured scene is arranged on the handle zone and the rest is black. Cf. Missisipi 1977.3.70 (Perseus Project).

Dimensions: Height about 10-15cm

A deep flaring bowl with a handle extended upward on either side and a heavy stand. This shape was produced from the late sixth century to the early fifth century. These are painted by the black-figure, though there are many skyphos with white ground.

The figured scene is arranged on the either side of the body and the lip usually has ivy pattern. Cf. Harvard 1960.321 (Perseus Project).

Dimensions: Height about 15-20cm

A hybrid shape of the skyphos and the kylix with a shallow bowl with a handle extended upward on either side and a heavy stand.

This shape was introduced in the Attic black-figure by the middle of the sixth century and preferred from the end of the century to the early fifth century. The red-figure example was produced until the fourth century, though it didn't become so popular.

The figured scene is arranged on the either side of the body, although many skyphos with rough silhouetted figures without incise lines were produced. Cf. Paris, Louvre A479 (Perseus Project).

Dimensions: Height about 10cm

A deep bowl with a horizontal handle on either side below the lip and a heavy stand. There is no example painted by the black-figure and it was introduced in the red-figure by the early fifth century and produced until the fourth century, although preferred most in the late fifth century.

The figured scene is arranged on either side of the body and better than other skyphos, and meander patterns are often attached above and below of the picture. In the late fifth century, this shape became slender and the lower part of the body was constricted. Cf. Missisipi 1977.3.104 (Perseus Project).

Dimensions: Height about 15-20cm

A small deep bowl with a vertical and a horizontal handle. It was produced from the end of the sixth century to the fifth century.

Most of the subject is simple and Athena's owl is preferred for it, since this shape will remind us the bird. Cf. Tampa 86.92 (Perseus Project).

Dimensions: Height about 10cm

A deep bowl with a high vertical handle on either side and a tall stand. The word "Kantharos" means dung beetle and it is maybe used for this shape. Cf. Boston 95.36 (Perseus Project).

Kantharos was produced from the beginning of the black-figure to the end of the fifth century. However, there are not so many example and this shape is famous as a attribute of Dionysos in the Greek vase painting. There are some varieties: with short stand, short handles, or one handle. Some kantharoi in the shape of the head of a woman, Herakles or Satyrs were produced. Cf. Malibu 83.AE.218 (Perseus Project).

The figured scene is arranged on the body.

Dimensions: Height about 20-30cm

Drinking horn in the shape of a head of the animal, such as a bull, a sheep, a donkey, a deer, a goat and a boar, and curved like a horn with a vertical handle. Cf. Paris, Louvre H65 (Perseus Project).

Rython was already produced since the early sixth century, though it became common after the birth of the red-figure. The figured scene is sometimes arranged on the neck, though there are many example with no figure.

Dimensions: Height about 20cm

Cup in the shape of a woman's breast with a vertical and a horizontal handle. Since the word "Mastos" means a bust and there are some the literary evidences proof the presence of the cup called "Mastos", this shape must be it. Cf. London B376 (Perseus Project).

Mastos with black-figure decoration was produced by the third quarter of the sixth century and preferred in the end of the century. Only some example with red-figure are known. The figured scene is simple and arranged on the body.

Dimensions: Height about 15cm

Deep bowl with a horizontal handle on either side and a flaring stand. This shape is derived from the East Greek pottery such as Chian. These were only produced in the beginning of the black-figure and a few example is known to us. Cf. Wuerzburg L128 (Perseus Project).

Figured scenes are arranged on the frieze pictures and animal friezes were preferred.

Dimensions: Height about 15-20cm

From the description of ancient time, the name seems to be applied to the cup made in Lakonia. In Greek archaeology, the term is used for the deep cup with horizontal handles.

Dimensions: Height about 10cm