Corinthian skyphos with birds, ca. 740 BC–730 BC, Louvre

In classifying the pottery of Ancient Greece, a skyphos (plural skyphoi) is a two-handled deep wine-cup on a low flanged base or none. The handles may be horizontal ear-shaped thumbholds that project from the rim (in both Corinthian and Athenian shapes), or they may be loop handles at the rim or that stand away from the lower part of the body. Skyphoi of the type called glaux (owl) have one horizontal and one vertical thumbhold handle. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2188x1740, 2237 KB) Description Description: Corinthian skyphos with birds, ca. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2188x1740, 2237 KB) Description Description: Corinthian skyphos with birds, ca. ... I.M. Peis Louvre Pyramid: the entrance to the galleries lies below the glass pyramid The Louvre Museum (Musée du Louvre) in Paris, France, is one of the largest and most famous museums in the world. ... Krater (mixing bowl), 1200-1100 BC, National Archaeological Museum, Athens The pottery of ancient Greece is one of the most tangible and iconic elements of ancient Greek art. ... Temple of Apollo at Corinth Corinth, or Korinth (Κόρινθος; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is a Greek city, on the Isthmus of Corinth, the narrow stretch of land that joins the Peloponnesus to the mainland of Greece. ... Athens (Greek: Αθήνα, Athína; IPA ) is the capital of Greece, and of the Attica prefecture of Greece. ...

Early skyphoi were made during the Geometric period. Corinth set the conventions that Athens followed. Over a long period the shape remained the same while the style of decoration changed.

Skyphoi were also made of precious metals. A Roman skyphos of cameo glass ins at the Getty Museum. View of a building at the Getty Center, from the Central Garden. ...

Comparable forms of a handled drinking cup on a base:

• Kotyle, a more generic term for any cup.
• Kantharos
• Komast

Jellyfish are included in the class Scyphozoa (from Greek skyphos and zoon "animal". Attic kantharos, ca. ... Orders Stauromedusae Coronatae Semaeostomeae - Disc jellyfish Rhizostomae Jellyfish (also called jellies or sea jellies as they are not true fish) are animals that belong to the Class Scyphozoa (from Greek skyphos cup and zoon animal) which is in the Phylum Cnidaria. ... This article is about jellyfish, the sea creatures. ...

External links

• Skyphoi
• Perseus Encyclopedia: skyphos

See also

• Black-figure pottery
• Red-figure pottery