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Detail from the Derveni #Krater (ritual wine-mixing vessel) used as a funeral urn for a Thessalian aristocrat, Astiouneios, son of Anaxagoras from Larissa.
Discovered in 1962 at Derveni/Thessaloniki
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#Archaeology
Discovered in 1962 at Derveni/Thessaloniki
©Kevin Norman
#Archaeology
Satyrs and Meneads seated on the shoulder of the vase. Satyrs and Meneads are the traditional company of Dionysus (Bacchic thiasos), the god of wine, rebirth, fertility, ecstatic rituals etc
Derveni Krater is considered a masterpiece of Hellenistic art, 4th c. BCE
©Kevin Norman
Derveni Krater is considered a masterpiece of Hellenistic art, 4th c. BCE
©Kevin Norman
On the belly, the frieze is devoted to Ariadne and Dionysus, surrounded by revelling satyrs and maenads of the ecstatic retinue. The faces of underworld deities decorating the handles while snakes wrapping their bodies around them.
