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On the reverse, Hera, Zeus, Athena, and Leto approach the seated Dionysos. The obverse depicts Dionysos with Ariadne and Herakles with Nike. In the present piece, the krater has a double wall openings at the top and bottom of the body allowed cold water to be poured in and to flow out.The figural scenes show Dionysos, god of wine, and Herakles, the hero and protégé of Athena, on Mount Olympos, the home of the gods. Its distinctive shape allowed it to contain wine and remain upright in a krater filled with cold water or snow. The psykter emerged at the end of the sixth century B.C. It is an image that is valid for other graphic or photo editors in OffiDocs such as Inkscape online and OpenOffice Draw online or LibreOffice online by OffiDocs.Obverse, Herakles and Dionysos in OlymposReverse, Dionysos with Olympian deitiesThis vase is the only known preserved example of a combination psykter and column-krater. Download or edit the free picture Terracotta psykter-column-krater (vase for chilling and mixing wine and water) for GIMP online editor.

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