![]() ![]() Status On View, Gallery 151 Department Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium Culture Ancient Greek Title Column-Krater (Mixing Bowl) Place Athens (Object made in) Dateĭates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Angered at his impudence, here Zeus strikes Salmoneus dead with a real lightning bolt. Salmoneus, king of Elis, pretended to be Zeus by imitating the sound of thunder and the appearance of lightning. It is decorated with a mythological scene. This particular shape is called a column krater after its columnar handles. The master of ceremonies at the symposium, or drinking party for men, determined the ratio of wine to water, both of which were poured into a large mixing bowl, like this one. That gives predators the opportunity to take advantage of them.The Greeks diluted their wine by blending it with water. Other problems with the practice, Yeh noted, include “confusing insects when the grass is suddenly low again. So she recommends planting early blooming shrubs, trees and plants to establish a permanent food source they can remember and rely on as adults when they emerge from dormancy. Hibernating insects have memories that span not only from day to day but from year to year, Yeh said. “Then on June 1st, when the food disappears, it’s not good for them.” “Bees tell each other where the food is, and pollinators (when they discover an unmown lawn) will remember to come back to it again and again,” Yeh said. ![]() Yeh sees the movement as a “feel-good, stop-gap measure, because if you want to have an impact, you need to establish a permanent cover for insects,” not merely temporary housing. “It’s such a nice slogan, but letting the grass grow high and allowing it to do its thing, and then suddenly mowing it back is really counterproductive.” “I think it’s a terrible idea, too,” she said. Perplexed by the seemingly runaway-train popularity of the now-annual event, I called Tamson Yeh, turf specialist with the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County in New York. And what about rodents, snakes and other undesirables that also will likely avail themselves of the shelter? ![]()
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