Exact museum reproduction of a fine ancient Greek black figured
early Corinthian column Krater. (more information on Black figure pottery…)
Our Greek pottery items are handmade in Greece in a small family
workshop using natural quality materials, superb craftsmanship and
attention to detail. They are licensed and modeled after museum
pieces from all over the world and bear the lead seal of authenticity.
This krater features Hercules, Iole and others in the house of Eurytos.
Hercules dines with Eurytos and his sons, waited upon by Iole.
The symposium, where diners recline on couches, was the traditional
form for banquets in Greece, a custom borrowed from the East. The
inscriptions are in the Corinthian alphabet.
End of 7th cent. BC. Le Louvre Museum, Paris.
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