Psykter
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A psykter is a type of Greek pot that is characterized by a bulbous body set on a high, narrow foot. It was used as a wine cooler. The psykter would be filled with wine, and then be placed in a krater full of cold water or ice.
Pottery of ancient Greece | ||
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Wine Shapes | Krater • Kylix • Oinochoe • Skyphos • Psykter • Kyathos • Rhyton • Kantharos | |
Perfume Shapes and Wedding Shapes | Lebes Gamikos • Loutrophoros • Epinetron • Alabastron • Aryballos • Lekythos | |
Funerary Shapes and Cultic Shapes | Lekythos • Loutrophoros • Phiale | |
Storage Shapes | Amphora • Hydria • Lebes • Pithos • Stamnos • Pyxis | |
Techniques | Red-figure • Black-figure • Bilingual pottery • Six's technique • White ground | |
Painters | List of Greek Vase Painters• Amasis Painter • Exekias • Pioneer Group • Douris | |
Special Topics in Greek Pottery | Typology • Kalos inscription • Symposium • Kerameikon • Corpus vasorum antiquorum • John Beazley • Panathenaic Amphorae |