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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 handles which extend above the lip of the pot. The Greek words kotylos (κότῦλος, masculine) and kotyle (κοτύλη, feminine) are other ancient names for this same shape.
The kantharos is a cup used to hold wine, possibly for drinking or for ritual use or offerings. The kantharos seems to be an attribute of Dionysos, the god of wine, who was associated with vegetation and fertility.
As well as a banqueting cup, they could be used in pagan rituals as a symbol of rebirth or resurrection, the immortality offered by wine, "removing in moments of ecstasy the burden of self-consciousness and elevating man to the rank of deity."
kantharos Terme.jpg| Bucchero kantharos ( Latial culture, 830–730 BC) Image:Geometric kantharos Staatliche Antikensammlungen 8501.jpg| Geometric funerary kantharos ( Attica, ca. 780 BC) sphinxes Louvre CA1339.jpg| Black-figure kantharos with sphinxes ( Boeotia, ca. 550 BC) kantharos Louvre MNC670.jpg|Black-glaze kantharos with Boeotian inscription ( Thespiae, 450–425 BC) kantharos Louvre H44.jpg|Side view of janiform kantharos with Herakles and woman (480–460 BC) kantharos Met 27.122.9.jpg| Satyr side of a janiform kantharos by Aison (420 BC) argent MAN St Germain.jpg|Silver cantharus ( Gaul, present-day Alise-Sainte-Reine, latter 1st century BC)