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. THe psykter was a vessel meant for use in exclusive male drinking parties. Douris' conspicuous skill in composing complex figural scenes that respond to the complicated and irregular pictorial fields of a variety of vessel types is evident in a frieze of frisky satyrs that he painted 480 BCE around the perimeter of a psykter. Other wine shape potteries include: Krater, Kylix, Oenochoe, Skyphos, Kyathos, Rhyton, Kantharos, Askos, Kotyle, and Dinos.
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