{"id":3117,"date":"2025-09-05T11:02:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T11:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/?post_type=story&#038;p=3117"},"modified":"2026-01-09T17:00:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T17:00:39","slug":"i-aparamilli-polyteleia-tou-kratira-tou-derveniou","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/en\/story\/i-aparamilli-polyteleia-tou-kratira-tou-derveniou\/","title":{"rendered":"The unparalleled splendor of the Derveni Crater"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"section galleryBlock \">\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"CarouselDiv\">\n\t<div data-view=\"1\" class=\"Carousel \n\t\tImageGrid ImageGallery--slideshow \n\t\t\toneImg\n\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\tswiper-container \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t half\"  data-type=\"half\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"Carousel__wrapper swiper-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"Carousel__slide swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"Carousel__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"ImageGalleryItem \" style=\"\">\n\t<div class=\"ImageGalleryItemCarousel \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ImageGalleryItem__image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/03_12-e1767978021923-1536x963.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/03_12-e1767978021923-768x481.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/03_12-e1767978021923-1536x963.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/03_12-e1767978021923-2048x1283.jpg 1536w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 100vw, 100vw\" data-sub-html=\"The Derveni Crater\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div style=\"--ratio:50%\" class=\" AspectRatioBox \"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/03_12-e1767978021923-2048x1283.jpg\" alt=\"The Derveni Crater\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/03_12-e1767978021923-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/03_12-e1767978021923-1024x642.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/03_12-e1767978021923-768x481.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/03_12-e1767978021923-1536x963.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/03_12-e1767978021923-2048x1283.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 768px) 100vw, 100vw\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ImageGalleryItem__caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\tThe Derveni Crater\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"Carousel__nav\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"Carousel__nav-prev swiper-button-prev\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<button  class=\"Button \n\t\t\t  \t\t\t   Button--icon-only\t\t\t   Button--secondary--alt \t\t\t  \"   >\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"Button__icon  Button__icon--right \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<svg class=\"SvgIcon  \" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" shape-rendering=\"geometricPrecision\"  style=\"--svg-size: 24px\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<use class=\"icon-arrow-left-icon\" href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/hh\/public\/images\/icons.svg#icon-arrow-left-icon\"><\/use>\n\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"divider arrows\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"Carousel__nav-next swiper-button-next\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<button  class=\"Button \n\t\t\t  \t\t\t   Button--icon-only\t\t\t   Button--secondary--alt \t\t\t  \"   >\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"Button__icon  Button__icon--right \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<svg class=\"SvgIcon  \" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" shape-rendering=\"geometricPrecision\"  style=\"--svg-size: 24px\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<use class=\"icon-arrow-right-icon\" href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/hh\/public\/images\/icons.svg#icon-arrow-right-icon\"><\/use>\n\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"section ContentText TitleCenter  \">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"rich-text\">\n\t\t<p>If you were to see just one exhibit in the treasure-filled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/en\/destinations\/archaiologiko-mouseio-thessalonikis-i-istoria-tis-archaias-makedonias-se-ena-mouseio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki<\/strong><\/a>, it would undoubtedly be the famous volute Derveni Crater: a bronze vessel so lavishly and intricately decorated that no matter how long one studies it, new and astonishing details constantly emerge.<\/p>\n<p>The crater was discovered in 1962 in Tomb B of the Derveni necropolis, about ten kilometers from Thessaloniki. The site yielded remarkable finds, with this unique vessel as its crowning jewel. Preserved intact, it stands as one of the most dazzling examples of ancient toreutics &#8211; the art of working metal in relief.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"section EmphasisText  \">\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"rich-text\">\n\t\t<p>Though made of bronze, the vessel\u2019s high tin content gives it the luxurious gleam of gold, while the scenes that cover every inch of its surface can only be described as orgiastic.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"section ContentText TitleCenter  \">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"rich-text\">\n\t\t<p>Originally intended for mixing wine with water, the crater dates to the 4th century BC, measures nearly one meter in height, weighs 40 kilograms, and was found alongside the cremated remains of the deceased and a wealth of precious grave goods: a gold coin of Philip II, a gold ring, golden pins, and a gilded bronze wreath &#8211; all inevitably overshadowed by the vessel that safeguarded them 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100vw\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"Carousel__nav\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"Carousel__nav-prev swiper-button-prev\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<button  class=\"Button \n\t\t\t  \t\t\t   Button--icon-only\t\t\t   Button--secondary--alt \t\t\t  \"   >\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"Button__icon  Button__icon--right \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<svg class=\"SvgIcon  \" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" shape-rendering=\"geometricPrecision\"  style=\"--svg-size: 24px\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<use class=\"icon-arrow-left-icon\" href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/hh\/public\/images\/icons.svg#icon-arrow-left-icon\"><\/use>\n\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"divider arrows\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"Carousel__nav-next 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Every inch of its surface is covered with exuberant decoration, the central scene depicting the sacred union of Dionysus and Ariadne, daughter of King Minos and Pasiphae.<\/p>\n<p>Seated on a rock, the youthful, nude Dionysus rests his right leg upon Ariadne\u2019s thigh, while she lifts her veil in a gesture of bridal revelation, familiar from ancient Greek iconography. Around the divine couple appear a panther, sacred to Dionysus; maenads in ecstatic dance; a Silenus; and another enigmatic male figure, thought to be Pentheus or perhaps King Lycurgus of Thrace, punished with madness for his impiety toward the god of wine.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"section galleryBlock \">\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"CarouselDiv\">\n\t<div data-view=\"3\" class=\"Carousel \n\t\tImageGrid ImageGallery--slideshow \n\t\t\t three-items \n\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\tswiper-container \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t half\"  data-type=\"half\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"Carousel__wrapper swiper-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"Carousel__slide swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"Carousel__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"ImageGalleryItem \" style=\"\">\n\t<div class=\"ImageGalleryItemCarousel \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ImageGalleryItem__image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/06_01.jpg\" 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100vw\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"Carousel__nav\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"Carousel__nav-prev swiper-button-prev\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<button  class=\"Button \n\t\t\t  \t\t\t   Button--icon-only\t\t\t   Button--secondary--alt \t\t\t  \"   >\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"Button__icon  Button__icon--right \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<svg class=\"SvgIcon  \" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" shape-rendering=\"geometricPrecision\"  style=\"--svg-size: 24px\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<use class=\"icon-arrow-left-icon\" href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/hh\/public\/images\/icons.svg#icon-arrow-left-icon\"><\/use>\n\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"divider arrows\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"Carousel__nav-next 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mythical creatures. Even more striking are the four sculpted figures &#8211; Dionysus, a satyr, and two maenads &#8211; perched, almost exhausted, on the vessel\u2019s shoulders, while the handles themselves are elaborately decorated with coiled snakes and relief busts of bearded deities, probably Heracles, Hades and Dionysus.<\/p>\n<p>A true hymn to Dionysus and his dominion over the forces of nature, the Derveni Crater is attributed to a Macedonian craftsman, though strongly influenced by Attic art. As for its owner, an inscription on the rim names Astion, son of Anaxagoras from Larissa, linking the crater\u2019s mythological imagery with history itself &#8211; perhaps referring to the aristocratic Aleuad family of Thessaly, whom Philip II exiled to the region of Derveni in 344 BC.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"section listBlock   \">\n\t<div class=\"block-heading d-flex\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading-title\">See also<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"row list three-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12  col-md-4 card-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n<div class=\"Card    \"  \n   >\n  \n\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/en\/story\/mia-moumia-2000-eton-sto-archaiologiko-mouseio-thessalonikis\/\" class=\"cardMainLink\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"CardTitle__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>A 2,000-year-old mummy at the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n\t      <div class=\"Card__image\">\n                          \n<div style=\"--ratio:75%\" class=\" AspectRatioBox \">                 <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8543-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A 2,000-year-old mummy at the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8543-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8543-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8543-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8543-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8543-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 768px) 100vw, 100vw\">\n            <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"CardBody   \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"CardTitle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"CardTitle__title \" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA 2,000-year-old mummy at the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"CardBody__description \">The story of a female mummy from the 4th century AD &#8211; with her chestnut braid still intact and a gold-embroidered silk fabric accompanying her on her eternal journey &#8211; reveals an exceptionally rare discovery for the Hellenic world.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12  col-md-4 card-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n<div class=\"Card    \"  \n   >\n  \n\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/en\/story\/oi-apithanes-peripeteies-tou-leonta-ton-kythiron\/\" class=\"cardMainLink\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"CardTitle__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>The incredible adventures of the Lion of Cythera<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n\t      <div class=\"Card__image\">\n                          \n<div style=\"--ratio:75%\" class=\" AspectRatioBox \">                 <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/leon_kythiron.jpg\" alt=\"The Archaic Lion of Cythera\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/leon_kythiron-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/leon_kythiron-1024x673.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/leon_kythiron-768x505.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/leon_kythiron-1536x1010.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/leon_kythiron-2048x1346.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 768px) 100vw, 100vw\">\n            <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"CardBody   \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"CardTitle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"CardTitle__title \" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe incredible adventures of the Lion of Cythera\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"CardBody__description \">The powerful marble archaic lion that dominates the Archaeological Museum of Cythera has endured a true odyssey &#8211; changing hands and homes many times over before finally finding a permanent shelter.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12  col-md-4 card-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n<div class=\"Card    \"  \n   >\n  \n\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/en\/story\/sta-paraskinia-enos-sygchronou-ergastiriou-paragogis-antigrafon\/\" class=\"cardMainLink\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"CardTitle__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>The well-guarded secrets of producing an exact museum copy<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n\t      <div class=\"Card__image\">\n                          \n<div style=\"--ratio:75%\" class=\" AspectRatioBox \">                 <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ODAP_1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"The well-guarded secrets of producing an exact museum copy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ODAP_1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ODAP_1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ODAP_1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ODAP_1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ODAP_1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 768px) 100vw, 100vw\">\n            <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"CardBody   \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"CardTitle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"CardTitle__title \" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe well-guarded secrets of producing an exact museum copy\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"CardBody__description \">How are exact copies of emblematic museum exhibits made and what do we need to know about this clandestine process? 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