Skyphos

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Agrigento: Black-Figure Skyphos, approx. 490-480 BC Chr.

As Skyphos ( . Greek σκύφος ; plural σκύφοι skyphoi ) refers to an ancient Greek drinking bowl with low foot and two horizontal handles near the mouth. The mythical goblet of Heracles was also a skyphos, which is why the vessel is also known as the Heracles goblet .

The vessel type is often depicted on Greek vases of the black-figure and red-figure style .

Comparable Roman drinking vessels are called scyphus .

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