Dinos

Attic dinos, ca. 540 BC, Louvre Cp 11243

In the typology of ancient Greek pottery, the dinos (plural dinoi) is a mixing bowl or cauldron. Dinos means "drinking cup," but in modern typology is used (wrongly) for the same shape as a lebes, that is, a bowl with a spherical body meant to sit on a stand. It has no handles and no feet.^[1]

The Dinos Painter, one of the ancient Greek artists known for vase painting, takes his name from the type of vase characteristic of his work.^[2]

Dinos were used for mixing water and wine, as it was considered rude to drink straight out of the goblet, at the time.

References[]

^ Brian A. Sparkes, Greek Pottery: An Introduction (Manchester University Press, 1991), pp. 62, 81, 83.
^ Sparkes, Greek Pottery, p. 115.

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[1] Brian A. Sparkes, Greek Pottery: An Introduction (Manchester University Press, 1991), pp. 62, 81, 83.

[2] Sparkes, Greek Pottery, p. 115.

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v t Greek vase shapes
Wine vessels	Amphora Kotyle Kantharos Kyathos Kylix Lakaina Mastos Oenochoe Pelike Psykter Rhyton Skyphos
Water vessels	Hydria Hydriske Kalpis
Mixing vessels	Dinos Krater
Cookware	Chuta Lebes
Tableware	Pinakion
Perfume, oil, and wedding	Alabastron Aryballos Askos Lebes Gamikos Lekythos Loutrophoros Lydion Pelike Pyxis Stirrup jar
Funerary and religious	Kernos Lekythos Loutrophoros Phiale
Storage	Amphora Calathus Chuta Lebes Pelike Pithos Situla Stamnos
Other	Band skyphos Epinetron Luchnos

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