Photo about discovery, foundations, displayed, apulian, british, king, colonial. Krater, an ancient Greek vessel for mixing water and wine. Apulian Greek red figured volute krater bowl for mixing wine and water. Hephaistos, the divine smith, was the son of Hera and Zeus. The subject, which encompasses both sides of the vase, is the return of Hephaistos to Mount Olympos, the home of the gods. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. The crater of the volcano is rich in lush vegetation, among which grow six rare plant species. This krater is of exceptional significance because it is one of the first on which wine, women, and song are presented, albeit in a mythological guise. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. In so doing it will encourage and enrich further reflection on the role of the image in a given culture. Not only does this work offer an anthropological view of ancient Greece, but it explores a precise iconographic system. ![]() A close reading of the objects handled by drinkers in the images reveals various metaphors, particularly that of wine as sea, all expressing a wide range of attitudes toward an ambiguous substance that brings cheer but may also cause harm. The vases used at banquets often depict the actual drinkers who commissioned their production and convey the flowing together of wine, poetry, music, games, flirtation, and other elements that formed the complex structure of the banquet itself. ![]() In deepening our understanding of the symposium in ancient Greece, this book embodies the wit and play of the images it explains: those decorating Athenian drinking vessels from the sixth and fifth centuries B.C.
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