And so does Achæus, in his Omphale—
The goblet of the god invites me (ὁ δὲ σκύθος με τοῦ θεοῦ ῾Ἀλεἶ).
DRINKING-CUPS.
And Simonides too, speaking of a cup with handles, says, οὐατόεντα σκύφον. But Ion, in his Omphale, says—
There is no wine in the cup (οἶνος οὐκ ἔνι ἐν τῷ σκύφεἰ),
forming σκύφει regularly from σκύφος, as a neuter noun. And in the same way Epicharmus, in his Cyclops, says—
Come, pour the wine into the cup (ἐς τὸ σκύφος).
And Alexis, in his Leucadia, says—
And with his aged lips he drank
A mighty cup μέγα σκύφος of fragrant wine.
And Epigenes, in his Bacchea, says—