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A kantharos () or cantharus is a type of Greek pottery used for drinking. 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.〔George W. Elderkin, Kantharos: Studies in Dionysiac and Kindred Cult (Princeton: Princeton University Press 1924):4〕 It may not be a banquet-cup, but rather a vessel used in pagan cult 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."〔Elderkin, Kantharos: Studies in Dionysiac and Kindred Cult, 2-6〕 File:Bucchero kantharos Terme.jpg|Bucchero kantharos (Latial culture, 830–730 BC) Image:Geometric kantharos Staatliche Antikensammlungen 8501.jpg|Geometric funerary kantharos (Attica, ca. 780 BC) File:Kantharos sphinxes Louvre CA1339.jpg|Black-figure kantharos with sphinxes (Boeotia, ca. 550 BC) File:Boeotian kantharos Louvre MNC670.jpg|Black-glaze kantharos with Boeotian inscription (Thespiae, 450–425 BC) File:Janiform kantharos Louvre H44.jpg|Side view of janiform kantharos with Herakles and woman (480–460 BC) File:Satyr kantharos Met 27.122.9.jpg|Satyr side of a janiform kantharos by Aison (420 BC) File:Canthare argent MAN St Germain.jpg|Silver cantharus (Gaul, present-day Alise-Sainte-Reine, latter 1st century BC) ==See also== * Kylix * Rhyton 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「kantharos」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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