Kitap 11
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But, besides being the name of a cup, a company feasting together was also called φιλοτήσιον. Aristophanes says— Now does the shadow of the descending sun Mark seven feet: 'tis time for supper now, And the philotesian company invites me. But it was from the system of pledging one another at these banquets that the cup got the name of philotesia—as in the Lysistrata— O thou Persuasion, mistress of my soul! And you, O philotesian cup of wine. There are also chonni. Among the Gortynians this is the name given to a species of cup resembling the thericleum, made of brass, which Hermonax says is given by lovers to the objects of their affection.
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There are also Chalcidic goblets, having their name and reputation perhaps from Chalcis in Thrace.
