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Footnote 616:

Cf. Hom. _Od._ iii. 468, iv. 128, x. 361; _Il._ x. 576; also _J.H.S._ Suppl. iv. p. 139.

Footnote 617:

_E.g._ F 332 in B.M. (Plate XLV.). An early specimen is given by Wolters in _Jahrbuch_, 1898, p. 26; 1899, p. 126.

Footnote 618:

See Pollux, x. 76–78; Ar. _Av._ 840, 1143, _Vesp._ 600; Schol. _in Pac._ 1244; Boeckh, _C.I.G._ ii. 3071; and generally, Ussing, p. 118. The name has been conventionally given to a kind of jar; see above, p. 164.

Footnote 619:

Budge, _Life and Exploits of Alexander_, p. 4 ff.

Footnote 620:

See p. 137, and B.M. E 533 ff., 548 ff.

Footnote 621:

Cf. the modern superstition against crossing a knife and fork on a plate.

Footnote 622:

vi. 46.

Footnote 623:

xi. 479 F; cf. Boeckh, _C.I.G._ i. 150, line 30 = B.M. _Inscrs._ 29.

Footnote 624:

_Od._ i. 136; xviii. 398.

Footnote 625:

_E.g._ B.M. A 1532, B 33, B 52.

Footnote 626:

Athen. x. 425 D (in form ὄλπις); xi. 495 B.

Footnote 627:

German _Schnabelkanne_. This type of mouth is often seen in the primitive pottery of Cyprus.

Footnote 628:

vi. 103; x. 92.

Footnote 629:

ii. 168.

Footnote 630:

Athen. x. 424 B; xi. 783 F.

Footnote 631:

Ar. _Eq._ 1091; Pollux, x. 63; Theophr. _Char._ 9.

Footnote 632:

Hesych. _s.v._; Pollux, vi. 19; Athen. x. 424 C; Boeckh, _C.I.G._ ii. 2139; Schol. _in_ Ar. _Vesp._ 855.

Footnote 633:

_Ach._ 245 and Schol.

Footnote 634:

_Ach._ 1067 and Schol.; Athen. iv. 169 B; Boeckh, _C.I.G._ i. 161, 3.

Footnote 635:

See also Pollux, x. 66.

Footnote 636:

It should be noted that the cups he describes are always of metal.

Footnote 637:

_Od._ ix. 346, xiv. 78; cf. the description in Theocr. i. 26 ff., and see below, p. 185; also Ussing, p. 126.

Footnote 638:

xi. 488 ff.; cf. _Il._ xi. 632. It is described by Homer as “studded with golden nails; and four handles there were; and about each rested two golden doves; and beneath there were two bottoms.”

Footnote 639:

See