Definition of Kylices

1. kylix [n] - See also: kylix

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kylices

kyboshing
kydell
kydells
kydst
kye
kyebosh
kyes
kyke
kyked
kykeon
kyking
kyle
kyles
kyley
kyleys
kylices (current term)
kylie
kylies
kylikes
kylin
kylins
kylix
kylixes
kylloses
kyllosis
kyloe
kyloes
kymatism
kymatology
kymnel

Literary usage of Kylices

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Euthymides: A Study in Attic Vasepainting by Joseph Clark Hoppin (1896)
"167) brings the list of signed and attributed vases up to twenty-three, twelve kylices and eleven other shapes. We see by this that he is chiefly a painter ..."

2. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1893)
"... we have one with channels cut in it to let the blood flow down, and Greek kylices cut in the stone, presumably for the reception of the liquid, ..."

3. Guide to the Public Collections of Classical Antiquities in Rome by Wolfgang Helbig, Emil Reisch (1896)
"At this period, however, by far the most beautiful vases are the kylices or flat cups. The foot and the cup are now combined in a homogeneous whole, ..."

4. Compendious Description of the Museums of Ancient Sculpture, Greek and Roman by H. J. Massi, Ercole G. Massi (1897)
"Three romano-campanian cups or pocula with inscriptions - Clown shaped heads - A round mask or monster in black and red mosaic - Handles of kylices or cups ..."

5. Catalogue of the Collection of Assyrian, Babylonian, Egyptian, Greek by Bram Hertz (1851)
"Two friezes representing drinking scenes: old men holding kylices, one playing on the lyre; a female drawing wine out of a ..."

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