kylix
Americannoun
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kylikes
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of kylix
First recorded in 1890–95, kylix is from the Greek word kýlix cup
Vocabulary lists containing kylix
Ancient Greece - Middle School and High School
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A terra-cotta kylix, created in Athens 2,500 years earlier, had been restored to life.
From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2023
It is not clear how the dozens of fragments that were used to reconstruct the kylix came to be so widely dispersed.
From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2023
Von Bothmer did not leave detailed records of the process he used in recreating the kylix.
From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2023
Among the more precious pieces Italian and U.S. officials displayed to journalists in Rome is a B.C. kylix, or shallow two-handled drinking vessel, some 2,600 years old.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 23, 2023
It may perhaps have been a kylix with a tall stem.
From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by A. H. Smith
In that Neapolitan room, wearing covers on my shoes to protect the mosaic floors, I was struck by our enduring need for chimeras, which appear on countless kylikes, kraters and bas-reliefs through antiquity.
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
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