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In comparison, Dipylon kraters were used mainly from grave markers in the Dipylon cemetery. For example, kraters were commonly used for symposiums and were mainly used for diluting wine, and masters of ceremonies did this process. All these kraters hold their particular part in Ancient Greek civilization. Another form of krater is Column kraters, which are large vases with columnar handles and decorated with mythological scenes. The clear difference between the Calyx krater and the Dipylon kraters, found in Kerameikos. The psykter vase would be used as cooler holding ice with the wine in the krater, or it would hold the wine with ice filling the Calyx krater. This krater was meant to be used for wine because its calyx flower bottom was big enough to fit a psykter-shaped vase.

One form of kraters was the Calyx krater one of the largest kraters used to carry wine. The Ancient Greeks had many forms of kraters, not just the Dipylon kraters. Kerameikos is known as the ancient potters quarter on the northwest side of the ancient city of Athens and translates to 'the city of clay.' A krater is a large Ancient Greek painted vase used to mix wine and water, but the large kraters at the Dipylon cemetery served as grave markers. Ancient greek funerary vase Dipylon Kraterĭipylon kraters are Geometric Period Greek terracotta funerary vases found at the Dipylon cemetery near the Dipylon Gate, in Kerameikos.

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