DRINKING-CUPS.
And Diphilus, in his Sappho, says—
Archilochus, receive this metaniptris,
The brimming cup of Jupiter the Saviour.
But some people say that this is rather the name of the draught itself which was given to the guests after they had washed their hands; as, for instance, Seleucus says in his Dialects. But Callias, in his Cyclops, says—
Receive this metaniptris of Hygeia.
And Philetærus, in his Æsculapius, says—
He raised aloft a mighty metaniptris,
Brimfull of wine, in equal portions mix'd,
Repeating all the time Hygeia's name.
And Philoxenus the Dithyrambic poet, in his ode entitled the Supper, pledging some one after they have washed their hands, says—
Do you, my friend, receive
This metaniptris full of wine,
The sweetly dewy gift of Bacchus.
Bromius gives this placid joy,
To lead all men to happiness.
And Antiphanes, in his Torch, says—