[1140]. Athen. xi. 37.
[1141]. Pausan. ix. 19. 8.
[1142]. Schol. Aristoph. Lysist. 2. Chandler, Travels, ii. 166. Lucian observes somewhat jocularly that in some parts of Africa the natives were driven to the use of ostrich’s eggs for goblets, because no potter’s clay was found in their country. De Dipsad. § 7. Cf. Plin. Nat. Hist. x. 1. Bochart. Hierozoic. Compend. ii. 16.
[1143]. Herodot. iii. 6. A large branch of the potter’s business consisted in the manufacture of earthen pipes used in conveying water to towns and cities. See Chandler, Travels, &c. i. 22. seq. 133.
[1144]. Schol. Aristoph. Pac. 614.
[1145]. Winkelmann, Hist, de l’Art. t. i. p. 30, seq.
[1146]. “Morning Chronicle,” July 17, 1838, p. 3, where we find an account of several of these jars dug up at Exeter.
[1147]. Athen. vi. 15.
[1148]. These were filled with the ἀρύταινα, a brazen ladle. Schol. Arist. Eq. 1087. Æropos, king of Macedon[of Macedon], was an amateur lamp-maker, devoting his leisure hours to the manufacture of diminutive lamps and tables, just as other kings used to unbend their minds, after the enjoyment of luxury, by painting, playing the flute, or wielding the turning-lathe. Plut. Demet. § 20.
[1149]. Herodot. ii. 62. Cf. Sophocl. Aj. 285, sqq.