Ancient Greek pot shapes

A krater or crater (, ; , ) was a large two-handled type of vase in Ancient Greek pottery and metalwork, mostly used for the mixing of wine with water.

thumb|Silver rhyton with goat protome and death of Orpheus, –410 BC, housed in the [[Vassil Bojkov Collection, Sofia, Bulgaria. The horn in a continuous and graceful curve makes a right-angled bend. Its lower two thirds are covered by flutes with arc-shaped upper tips. A figural scene below the flaring rim represents the murder of Orpheus. The musician is the central figure, fallen to his right knee, flanked by three attacking Thracian women. He holds a six-string lyre on his right hand and with his left one, wrapped in his mantle, a knobbed wooden stick, with which he tries vainly to protect

thumb|292x292px|Silver kylix with Helen of Troy|Helen and [[Hermes, BC]] In the pottery of ancient Greece, a kylix ( , ; ; also spelled cylix; : kylikes , ) is the most common type of cup in the period, usually associated with the drinking of wine. The cup often consists of a rounded base and a thin stem under a basin. The cup is accompanied by two handles on opposite sides.

thumb|upright=1.2|Red-figure pottery|Red-figure Apulian kantharos with a female head, 320–310 BC ([[Walters Art Museum)]] thumb|Silver kantharos with the death of Orpheus and the abduction of Helen, –410 BC, part of the Vassil Bojkov collection, [[Sofia, Bulgaria]] A kantharos (; ) or cantharus () is a type of ancient Greek cup used for drinking. Although almost all surviving examples are in Greek pottery, the shape, like many Greek vessel types, probably originates in metalwork. In its iconic "Type A" form, it is characterized by its deep bowl, tall pedestal foot, and pair of high-swung handl

A lekythos (; : lekythoi) is a type of ancient Greek vessel used for storing oil, especially olive oil. It has a narrow body and one handle attached to the neck of the vessel, and is thus a narrow type of jug, with no pouring lip; the oinochoe is more like a modern jug. In the "shoulder" and "cylindrical" types which became the most common, especially the latter, the sides of the body are usually vertical by the shoulder, and there is then a sharp change of direction as the neck curves in; the base and lip are normally prominent and flared. However, there are a number of varieties, and the wor

thumb|Red-figure pottery|Red-figure hydria, BC, from [[Paestum; the vertical handle used for pouring is located on the opposite side (Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, Louvre).]] thumb|Bronze hydria / kalpis with Siren (mythology)|siren handle attachment, BC, housed in the [[Vassil Bojkov Collection, Sofia, Bulgaria]] The hydria (; : hydriai) is a form of Greek pottery from between the late Geometric period (7th century BC) and the Hellenistic period (3rd century BC). The etymology of the word hydria was first noted when it was stamped on a hydria itself, its direct translat

An oenochoe, also spelled oinochoe (; from , oînos, "wine", and , khéō, , sense "wine pourer"; : oinochoai; Neo-Latin: oenochoë, : oenochoae; English : oenochoes or oinochoes), is a wine jug and a key form of ancient Greek pottery.

Pithos (, , plural: '''''''' ) is the Greek name of a large storage container. The term in English is applied to such containers used among the civilizations that bordered the Mediterranean Sea in the Neolithic, the Bronze Age and the succeeding Iron Age. Pithoi were used for bulk storage, primarily for fluids and grains; they were comparable to the drums, barrels and casks of recent times.The name was different in other languages; for instance, the Hittites used harsi-''.

A skyphos (; : 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.

thumb|Aryballos in the form of three cockle (bivalve)|cockle shells, 6th century BC ([[Metropolitan Museum of Art)]]

right|thumb|Greek glass alabastron, probably made in Italy in 1st/2nd century BC, and now part of the Campana Collection of the Musée du Louvre.

cylindrical box from the classical world

thumb|right|220px|Woman and a youth, Apulian red-figure pelike, , [[British Museum (F 316)]]

thumb|Example of a (Louvre) A '''''' (, 'cooler') is a type of Greek vase that is characterized by a bulbous body set on a high, narrow foot. It was used as a wine cooler, and specifically as part of the elite sympotic set in the ancient Greek symposium. The , as distinct from other coolers, is a vase which has a mushroom-shaped body, and was produced for only a short period of time during the late-sixth to mid-fifth centuries, with almost all of this type dating to between 520 and 480 BCE.

type of ancient Greek pottery vessel

thumb|Protoattic loutrophoros-amphora by the Analatos Painter, c. 680 BC, Louvre (CA 1960) A loutrophoros (; Greek etymology: λουτρόν/loutron and φέρω/pherō, English translation: "bathwater" and "carry") is a distinctive type of Greek pottery vessel characterized by an elongated neck with two handles. The loutrophoros was used to carry water for a bride's pre-nuptial ritual bath, and in funeral rituals, and was placed in the tombs of the unmarried. The loutrophoros itself is a motif for Greek tombstones, either as a relief (for instance, the lekythos on the Stele of Panaetius) or as a stone ve

thumb|Patera from Georgia (country)|Georgia, likely depicting [[Fortuna (2nd century AD, Georgian National Museum)]] In the material culture of classical antiquity, a patera () or phiale ( ) is a shallow ceramic or metal libation bowl. It often has a bulbous indentation (omphalos, "belly button") in the center underside to facilitate holding it, in which case it is sometimes called a mesomphalic phiale. It typically has no handles, and no feet.

thumb|200px|An example of a kyathos Kyathos (, ) is the name given in modern terminology to a type of painted ancient Greek vase with a tall, round, slightly tapering bowl and a single, flat, long, looping handle. Its closest modern parallel would be a ladle. "The kyathos has a graceful shape resembling a teacup, though a bit larger, with a high looped, flat-strap or oval handle... The terracotta kyathos was used as a ladle for dipping diluted wine from a wine mixer".

thumb|Attic Red-figure pottery|red-figure , ; [[Louvre|alt=Two-handled pot, with a neck and lid, showing Heracles and three other figures painted in red-figure]] A (; plural ) is a type of ancient Greek vase used to serve and store liquids. have a wide mouth, a foot, and two handles, and were usually made with a lid. The earliest known examples come from archaic Laconia and Etruria, and they began to be manufactured in Athens in the middle of the fifth century BCE.

thumb|Lebes gamikos, a vessel that was part of an ancient Greek wedding.

thumb|Attic , , Louvre In the typology of ancient Greek pottery, the (plural , known in ancient times as a ) is a mixing bowl or cauldron. means , but in modern typology is used for the same shape as a , that is, a bowl with a spherical body, often accompanied by a wheel-turned stand. It has no handles and no feet. Literary references to such vessels are known from the Iliad, and examples have been found from between the seventh and fifth centuries BCE. Ancient artists who painted include the Dinos Painter, the Gorgon Painter, the Berlin Painter, Exekias and Sophilos.

thumb|The base of an epinetron from Athens, depicting a lion and a [[pegasus]] The epinetron (, : epinetra, ἐπίνητρα; "distaff"); Beazley also called them onoi, : onos) was a shape of Attic pottery worn on the thighs of women during the preparation of wool, not unlike a thimble for the thigh. Decorated epinetra were placed on the graves of unmarried girls, or dedicated at temples of female deities.

The cotylae are also features on the proximal end of the radius and of the ulna in birds. thumb|Attic cotyla cup with an owl (5th century BC), National Museum, Warsaw|National Museum, in [[Warsaw]]

thumb|Terracotta kernos from the Cycladic period (ca. 2000 BCE), found at [[Melos]] thumb|In this votive plaque depicting elements of the Eleusinian Mysteries, a female figure (top center of rectangular portion) wears a kernos on her head

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form of ancient Greek pottery used in marriage ceremonies

type of ancient Greek craftmanship, so often of pottery

thumb|Black-figure mastos, ca. 530 BC, with combat scenes ([[Walters Art Museum)]]

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ceramic vessels to improve acoustics

thumb|Ionia|Ionic-black-figure lydion with stripe decoration, 2nd half, 6th century BC. Found at [[Gela, now Museo archeologico regionale di Palermo.]] The lydion (Greek λύδιον; plural lydia) was an ancient Greek vase shape. The shape may have been of Egyptian derivation.

special form of serving plate used by the ancient Greeks

form of Ancient Greek pot

Bronze Age style of pottery

type of Greek and Roman amphora

thumb|Chalkidian black-figure eye-cup, circa 530 BC, Munich: [[Staatliche Antikensammlungen.]] thumb|Dionysos on a boat, sailing amongst dolphins. Attic black-figure kylix by [[Exekias, circa 530 BC. Found at Vulci. Dionysus cup: Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich.]] thumb|Outside of the Dionysus cup

type of Ancient Greek cup

thumb|right|A possible (the first cut from A Dictionary of Greek...) thumb|right| (the second cut from A Dictionary of Greek...) thumb|right|An 1800s samovar, for comparison In classical antiquity, an ' or ' (, ; from + , "self-boiling", "self-cooking") was a vessel used for water heating. Basically, it was a vase with a central tube used to keep coals.

thumb|Terracotta lakaina, 6th century B.C., Metropolitan Museum of Art A lakaina (, plural lakainai) is a specific form of pottery vessel.