Helenawa suna da kyakkyawar dangantaka da ruwan inabi na dubunnan shekaru. Al'adar gargajiya ta wanzu a yankin Girka tun daga zamanin Neolithic kuma a lokacin Bronze Age ne noman cikin itacen inabi ya bunkasa cewa, tare da alaƙar kasuwanci tsakanin wayewar Mycenaean da tsohuwar Masar, ta yi tsalle.
Hanyoyin yin giya sun fito ne daga Misira kuma a cikin karni na biyu na BC akwai cikakkiyar al'adar ruwan inabi. Ruwan inabi ya zama mai mahimmanci a fagen tattalin arziki, addini da al'adu. Dionysus, alal misali, allahn Girka ne na giya, kuma kamar yadda Girkawa suka kafa yankuna a cikin Bahar Rum, suka ɗauki kayan gona tare dasu.
Tsoffin Girkawa sun kasance suna shan giya a cikin gilashin da ake kira kylix. Waɗannan kwalliyar suna da fasali mai faɗi, buɗe, ƙaramin ƙoƙo, galibi tare da tushe ɗaya da maƙallan kwance guda biyu waɗanda suke daidai. Kewayen gilashin ya kusan faɗi kuma yawanci ana yi masa ado, a baƙi ko ja, a cikin al'amuran da kawai ke bayyana yayin da ruwan inabin ya bugu. Da kylix an yi su ne da terracota, sannan sun kasance masu launin ja, kuma daga baya masu sana'ar sun yi musu ado kuma sun basu a m gama.
An yi amfani da tabarau na Kylix musamman a wuraren biki da kayan ado sun kasance suna da ban dariya ko iskanci.