Water and wine were once mixed in vessels like this one. People attending a party or event would all get their beverages from this shared source. Today, we clink glasses before drinking, symbolically reuniting the glasses into a single vessel of shared liquid.

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Water and wine were once mixed in vessels like this one. People attending a party or event would all get their beverages from this shared source. Today, we clink glasses before drinking, symbolically reuniting the glasses into a single vessel of shared liquid.

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Attic Red-Figure Column Krater

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