Credit: Anselm Feuerbach via Wikimedia Commons An 1869 depiction of Plato’s symposium, with a krater in the foreground to the right. Kraters were ubiquitous take a look at any depiction of a symposium scene-when men gathered to exchange ideas, philosophize, dine, and, of course, drink-and you’ll likely notice an urn with a foot and a large opening positioned prominently in the room. The mixing bowl was called a krater, and the ancient Greeks used it to mix water with wine. He flew across the finish line, and earned the prized vessel. When the runners took off, Odysseus prayed to the goddess Athena to lighten his feet. The second-best runner would receive a fattened ox.Īnd for the winner, the grandest prize of all: “a mixing-bowl, beautifully wrought, of pure silver… and far all others in the whole world for beauty,” crafted by artisans in Sidon and carried across the sea by the Phoenicians. The runner who came in third would walk away with nearly 28 pounds of gold. There’s a scene in Homer’s Iliad where Odysseus, the Greek king of Ithaca, competes in a footrace. In fact, the Greek kratēr comes from kerannynai, which means “to mix.” Of Water And Wine The word crater stretches back to ancient Greece, and has a lot more to do with wine than lava. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, and sign up for our newsletter.Īt any given moment, an estimated 20 volcanoes are erupting on Earth.
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