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A krater (Greek κρατήρ, from the Greek Verb κεράννυμι, "to mix.") was a vessel used to mix Wine and Water . At a Greek Symposium , kraters were placed in the center of the room. They were quite large, so they were not easily portable when filled. Thus, the wine-water mixture would be withdrawn from the Krater with other vessels. In fact, Book Nine of Homer 's Odyssey describes a Sommelier drawing wine from a krater at a banquet and then running to and fro pouring the wine into guests' drinking cups. An interesting sidenote to this is that the modern greek word now used for undiluted wine, ''krasi'' ( κρασί ), originates from this mixing of wine and water in kraters. Kraters were Glaze d on the interior to make the surface of the clay more suitable for holding water, and possibly for aesthetic reasons, since the interior could easily be seen into. FORMS OF KRATERS
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