![]() Warfare depicted in Greek art was often not representative of actual ancient warfare, but rather depictions of epic and mythological scenes. Vessels such as these were often used at a symposion, which was an elite party for drinking. It is a krater, a bowl made for mixing wine and water, and specifically a calyx-krater, where the bowl resembles the calyx of a flower. The calyx-krater by the artist called the "Painter of the Berlin Hydria" depicting an Amazonomachy is an ancient Greek painted vase in the red figure style, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Calyx-Krater by the Painter of the Berlin Hydria ![]()
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