This red-figure psykter is attributed to Oltos for the type of bearded trainer depicted, wearing a mantle with radiating folds, zigzag edges, and hair regularly incised with a wavy line. The scene depicts these trainers with athletes practicing in a gymnasium. The figures are skillfully adjusted to the curving of the psykter. Psykters were used as wine coolers made to float in a krater filled with chilled water. The psykter has a bulging form and the bottom of the pot is extended in order to keep it from tipping as it floated. (It was exclusively used in male drinking parties called symposia)
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