A krater was a mixing bowl for mixing wine and water. Calyx refers to the floral shape of the bowl. The bowl has a foot and upward facing curved handles.
Calyx-Krater - Red Figure
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Dionysus, Maenads, Ariadne, and Satyrs
Dionysos, Ariadne, satyrs and maenads. Side A of an Attic red-figure calyx-krater, c. 400-375 B.C. From Thebes.
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