Wine Across Cultures: From Ritual to Revelry

Terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)

Gallery 155 · Lydos · ca. 550 BCE · Met web page

A monumental black-figure krater depicting Dionysos escorting Hephaistos back to Mount Olympos, surrounded by satyrs and maenads—a celebration of wine as the divine gift that brings gods and mortals together.

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Gallery 154

Entrance → Gallery 155

To Terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)

Terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water) by Lydos

From the Great Hall, walk through galleries 150 and 152 to reach gallery 155 in the Greek and Roman Art section on Floor 1.