This vase bears the only known representation of the founding myth of viticulture in the West. In the lower zone the Thracian king Maron, enthroned on a luxurious diphros, holds a sceptre. He is ready to receive a vine stock gifted by a Satyr who stands in front of him. Behind him the god Dionysus, depicted here as a young man with long hair holding a kantharos and a thyrse. To the left of Maron Peitho (the Persuasion), depicted like a priestess, feeds a perfume burner. In the upper zone Aphrodite, Eros and Eirene (the Peace) illustrate the expected benefits of this gift to the humans. Six of the seven figured figures are identifiable by the inscriptions painted above.