Kratér
Et kratér (græsk: κρατήρ, kratēr, fra κεράννυμι, "at blande") er i græsk keramik et blandingskar til vand og vin. Under et symposion blev et kratér stillet midt i rummet. Karret er gerne så stort, at man kan øse vinen op i et mindre kar som en oinokhoe og derfra i gæsternes bægre. Kratérer er gerne rigt dekoreret på ydersiden og glaseret på indersiden.
Der findes flere hovedtyper:
- Søjlekratér: Korinthisk form, som athenerne brugte. Ofte dekoreret med sortfigurmaleri.
- Kalyxkratér: Antagelig lavet af Exekias omkring 525 f.Kr.
- Volutkratér: Attisk form brugt gennem 300-tallet f.Kr.
- Klokkekratér: altid dekoreret med rødfigurmaleri.
«Krigervasen», mykensk krater, 1200–1100 f.Kr.
Korintisk søjlekratér, 575–550 f.Kr.
Attisk klokkekrater, ca. 440–400 f.kr.
Apulisk klokkekrater, ca. 330 f.Kr.
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Borghese Vase Louvre Ma86 n6.jpg
So-called “Borghese Vase”. Pentelic marble, Attic work, ca. 40–30 BC. The foot is a moderne restauration; the lost handles were carved into sileni masks. Found in 1569 in the Horti Sallustiani, Rome.
So-called “Borghese Vase”. Pentelic marble, Attic work, ca. 40–30 BC. The foot is a moderne restauration; the lost handles were carved into sileni masks. Found in 1569 in the Horti Sallustiani, Rome.
Bell-krater hare BM F547.jpg
Hare and wines. Apulian bell-krater of the Gnathia style. From Gnathia.
Hare and wines. Apulian bell-krater of the Gnathia style. From Gnathia.
Column crater Louvre E626.jpg
Handles: flowery decoration; side A: fight; side B: riders. Corinthian column-crater, 575–550 BC.
Handles: flowery decoration; side A: fight; side B: riders. Corinthian column-crater, 575–550 BC.
Crater Actaeon Louvre CA3482.jpg
Actaeon's death. Artemis drives a chariot drawn by a team of deer. To the right a man reports Actaeon's death to his parents Aristaeus and Autonoe. The scene is probably based on Aeschylus' lost play The Toxitides, which dealt with the story of Actaeon. Side A from an Attic red-figure volute crater, ca. 450–440 BC.
Actaeon's death. Artemis drives a chariot drawn by a team of deer. To the right a man reports Actaeon's death to his parents Aristaeus and Autonoe. The scene is probably based on Aeschylus' lost play The Toxitides, which dealt with the story of Actaeon. Side A from an Attic red-figure volute crater, ca. 450–440 BC.