In keeping with the Greek virtue of moderation, the symposiarch should have prevented festivities from getting out of hand, but Greek literature and art often indicate that the third-krater limit was not observed.
Para manter a virtude grega da moderación, o simposiarca tería que evitar que as festas se lle fosen das mans, pero a arte e literatura gregas a miúdo indican que a miúdo o límite da terceira krátera non era observado.