![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Even the different subgenres of one and the same genre, e. What we are told about the god is also a question of genre – the main ones of interest here are literature, visual arts and performing arts, especially theatre. The glass pieces, especially because they come in distinctive colours, are most likely the counters used in whatever game was played on this."The specific nature of Dionysos’ ‘difference’ does not only depend on a given epoch and its intellectual and historical background. The board itself must have been made of a perishable material, most likely wood, so that only the iron corner elements survive, as do the bronze hinges, suggesting that the Derveni Game Board was a folding one. They are the remains of a gaming board and the pieces to go with it. So, what are our relatively humble objects doing amongst such riches? It's simple: they are what is left of another fine luxury object, representing another activity appropriate for a man of Astiouneios's standing. Other finds from the tomb include about a hundred vessels of silver, bronze, alabaster and clay, most of them for the serving or drinking of wine, and various pieces of iron and bronze weaponry.Īll in all, the tomb assemblage is fit for an aristocrat and warrior of the era: it expresses wealth and taste and it references key roles occupied by upper-class males in ancient Macedon's society: that of a warrior and that of a participant and host in symposia, the "drinking parties" that were central to social life in such circles. Its inscription identifies the deceased as the otherwise unknown Astiouneios, son of Anaxagoras, from Larisa. Simply known as the " Derveni krater" (and certainly deserving of a future post on this blog), the richly decorated object is a very celebrated one: made around 350 BC, it is considered one of the finest surviving examples of ancient Greek metalwork. The cremated remains of a man and a woman were placed within an enormous bronze krater, the vessel used for mixing wine and water at Greek banquets. The celebrated Derveni krater, one of the most eye-catching pieces in the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki. ![]()
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