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 Crateres, cadi, holcia, cruneia— Are they cruneia? aye, and luteria. But why need I each separate article Enumerate? for you yourself shall see them.

72. There is also the Lyciurges. The things which are so called are some kinds of phialæ, which derive their name from Lycon who made them, just as the Cononii are the cups made by Conon. Now, Demosthenes, in his Oration for the Crown, mentions Lycon; and he does so again, in his oration against Timotheus for an assault, where he says—"Two lyciurgeis phialæ." And in his speech against Timotheus he also says—"He gives Phormion, with the money, also two lyciurgeis phialæ to put away." And Didymus the grammarian says that these are cups made by Lycius. And this Lycius was a Bœotian by birth, of the town of Eleutheræ, a son of Myron the sculptor, as Polemo relates in the first book of his treatise on the Acropolis of Athens; but the grammarian is ignorant that one could never find such a formation of a word as that derived from proper names, but only from cities or nations. For Aristophanes, in his Peace, says—

The vessel is a [Greek: Naxiourgês] cantharus;

that is to say, made at Naxos.

And Critias, in his Constitution of the Lacedæmonians, has the expressions, [Greek: klinê Milêsiourgês], and again, [Greek: diphros Milêsiourgês]: and [Greek: klinê Chiourgês], and [Greek: trapeza Rhênioergês]: made at Miletus, or Chios, or Rhenea. And Herodotus, in his seventh book, speaks of "two spears, [Greek: Lykoergees]." But perhaps we ought to read [Greek: Lykioergees] in Herodotus as we do in Demosthenes, so as to understand by the word things made in Lycia.

73. There is also the mele. This is a name given to some cups which are mentioned by Anaxippus in his Well, where he says—

And you, Syriscus, now this mele take, And bring it to her tomb—do you understand? Then pour a due libation.

There is also the metaniptrum. This is the kind of cup which is offered after dinner, when men have washed their hands. Antiphanes, in his Lamp, says—

The metaniptrum of the Fortunate God; Feasting, libations, and applause