[483]. Athen. iii. 97.
[484]. Σῆμος δὲ ὁ Δήλιος ἐν δευτέρῳ Νησιάδος, ἐν Κιμώλω τῇ νήσω φησὶ ψυχεῖα κατεσκευάσθαι θέρους ὀρυκτὰ, ἔνθα χλιεροῦ ὕδατος πλήρη κεράμια καταθέντες, ὕστερον κομίζονται χιόνος οὐδὲν διάφορα. Athen. iii. 96. These coolers are rendered necessary by the entire lack of springs in the island, whose inhabitants wholly depend for water on what they can preserve in pits and cisterns. Tournefort, t. i. p. 170.
[485]. But see Beckmann, iii. 327.
[486]. Aristoph. Av. 799. These flasks were in later times called φλασκία, whence the modern name. Suid. v. πυτίνη, t. ii. p. 672. d. These we find were frequently, as well as baskets, the work of prisoners, who probably thus earned a livelihood. Hesych. v. πυτίνη πλεκτή. Cf. Suid. v. Διΐτρεφης, i. 729. In the cellars of Pompeii, the wine-jars were found ranged along the walls without stoppers, instead of which a little oil was probably poured on the top of the wine, as at present in Italy. Hamilton, Discov. at Pomp. p. 15.
[487]. Eisenschmid. de Pond. et Mens. Vet. p. 166.
[488]. Cf. Bœckh. Pub. Econ. i. p. 133.
[489]. Vid. Athen. iii. 86.
[490]. Athen. xi. 47. Cf. iii. 86.
[491]. Athen. x. 25. Poll. vi. 21.
[492]. Cf. Schol. Aristoph. Vesp. 1005. 878.