Krater
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A krater or crater was a large two-handled type of vase in Ancient Greek pottery and metalwork, mostly used for the mixing of wine with water.
Young rider crowned by a winged Nike (Victory), by Sisyphus Painter, c. 420 BC, in the Louvre
Manner of Lydos, black-figure column crater depicting swans, c. 550 BC, Museum of the Ancient Agora, Athens
Euphronios & Euxitheos, Cratère attique à figures rouges, 515–510 BC, Louvre
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Symposium (ancient Greece)
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In Ancient Greece, the symposium was the part of a banquet that took place after the meal, when drinking for pleasure was accompanied by music, dancing, recitals, or conversation. Literary works that
Krater
…crater, IPA: ) was a large two-handled type of vase in Ancient Greek pottery and metalwork, mostly used for the mixing of wine with water. At a Greek symposium, kraters were placed in the center of the room. They were quite large, so they were not easily portable when filled. Thus, the wine-water mixture would…
A symposium scene on a fresco in the Tomb of the Diver from the Greek colony of Paestum, in Italy, 480–470 BC
A female aulos-player entertains men at a symposium on this Attic red-figure bell-krater, c. 420 BC.
Plato's Symposium, depiction by Anselm Feuerbach
Banquet scene from a Temple of Athena (6th century BC relief)