Calyx-Krater by the artist called the Painter of the Berlin Hydria depicting an Amazonomachy Calyx-Krater by the artist called the Painter of the Berlin Hydria depicting an Amazonomachy The calyx-krater by the artist called the "Painter of the Berlin Hydria depicting an Amazonomachy" is an ancient Greek painted vase in the red figure style, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. It is a krater, a bowl made for mixing wine and water, and specifically a calyx-krater, where the bowl resembles the calyx of a flower. Vessels such as these were often used at a symposion, which was an elite party for drinking. Warfare depicted in Greek art was often not representative
Botany modern horticulture, agriculture and forestry, plant propagation, breeding and genetic modification, in the synthesis of chemicals and raw materials for construction and energy production, in environmental management, and the maintenance of biodiversity. Botany originated as herbalism, the study and use of plants for their medicinal properties. Many records of the Holocene period date early botanical knowledge as far back as 10,000 years ago. This early unrecorded knowledge of plants was discovered in ancient sites of human occupation within Tennessee, which make up much of the Cherokee land today. The early recorded history of botany includes many ancient writings and plant