Skyphos
Skyphoi of the type called glaux (owl) have one horizontal and one vertical thumbhold handle.Over a long period the shape remained the same while the style of decoration changed.Skyphoi were also made of precious metals, generally silver and gold leaf, many examples exist.One possible, well-preserved example is the Warren Cup,[note 1] an ovoid scyphus made of silver, as described by John Pollini.Comparable forms of a handled drinking cup on a base included: The word skyphos has been adopted for the purposes of biological classification with regard to jellyfish, which are included in the class Scyphozoa (lit.