Kantharos

For the genus of snails, see cantharus.

Red-figure Apulian kantharos with a female head, 320–310 BC (Walters Art Museum)

A kantharos (Greek κάνθαρος) or cantharus is a type of Greek pottery used for drinking. It is characterized by its high-swung handles which extend above the lip of the pot.

The god Dionysus had a kantharos which was never empty.

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  Bucchero kantharos (Latial culture, 830–730 BC)

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  Geometric funerary kantharos (Attica, ca. 780 BC)

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  Black-figure kantharos with sphinxes (Boeotia, ca. 550 BC)

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  Black-glaze kantharos with Boeotian inscription (Thespiae, 450–425 BC)

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  Side view of janiform kantharos with Herakles and woman (480–460 BC)

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  Satyr side of a janiform kantharos by Aison (420 BC)

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  Silver cantharus (Gaul, present-day Alise-Sainte-Reine, latter 1st century BC)

See also

• Kylix
• Rhyton