: skyphoi) is a two-handled deep wine-cup on a low flanged base or none.

Skyphoi of the type called glaux (owl) have one horizontal and one vertical thumbhold handle.

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.